Crew members from the Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority work Thursday morning to put a new layer of asphalt over an area of the right hand lane of Route 13 that had been dug up Wednesday to find a water main break.
Traffic was able to get by in the left hand lane of northbound Route 13 at Haines Road in Bristol Township during the patch job.
[JOAN HELLYER / STAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST] Repairs on the water main were completed early Thursday morning and northbound Route 13 at Haines Road was reopened in time for the morning rush hour.
Businesses served by a water main that broke Wednesday in Bristol Township are under a boil water advisory until the municipal authority can be sure the water carried through the repaired main has not been contaminated.
The water main break, discovered about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, forced the closure of northbound Route 13 at Haines Road.
LBCJMA crews finished repairing the line about 5 a.m. Thursday and both lanes of northbound Route 13 traffic were reopened in time for the morning rush hour.
The northbound left lane of the highway was closed for a short time again around 11 a.m. Thursday so crews could finish patching the road that had been dug up to repair the break.
The water main, measuring 12 inches in diameter, runs southbound below Route 13.
It provides water to the authority plant right near the break site along with a handful of nearby businesses, including the McDonald’s at the intersection of Route 13 and Haines Road.
McDonald’s reopened Thursday after the repairs were completed.