{"id":378343,"date":"2026-08-22T12:48:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378343\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:48:35","slug":"gum-branch-road-to-close-south-of-western-boulevard-as-crews-handle-pole-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378343\/","title":{"rendered":"Gum Branch Road to close south of Western Boulevard as crews handle pole crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A crash near Gum Branch Road and Western Boulevard has caused a power outage and traffic disruptions in Jacksonville, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The Jacksonville Police Department said a vehicle struck a utility pole, leaving traffic lights at the intersection inoperable. Downed utility poles and low-hanging utility lines are also in the area. Police are asking drivers to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>Gum Branch Road is temporarily closed south of Western Boulevard. Northbound traffic is being redirected onto New Frontier Way, while southbound traffic is being routed onto Western Boulevard, JPD said.<\/p>\n<p>We will update this story as we receive more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A crash near Gum Branch Road and Western Boulevard has caused a power outage and traffic disruptions in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-378343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}