{"id":399403,"date":"2026-09-14T12:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/399403\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:32:13","slug":"ground-depression-closes-eastbound-lanes-of-welch-road-in-apopka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/399403\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground depression closes eastbound lanes of Welch Road in Apopka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ground depression shuts down eastbound lanes of Welch Road in Apopka, city officials say<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789389133_861_0ef9e7e2-0673-4d77-92c5-22a1e3663de5_1697751930.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Allison Petro\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>APOPKA, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A ground depression  has closed the eastbound lanes of Welch Road east of Rock Springs Road, according to Apopka city officials. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Officials said the depression was caused by a 12-inch water main break. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The incident is affecting approximately 200 homes in the Parkview and Wekiva Glen subdivisions.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Crews are working to repair the roadway Monday morning and expect the closure to last several hours. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Drivers are urged to avoid the area and use alternate routes. Motorists traveling nearby should use caution and watch for emergency vehicles.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">&gt;&gt; This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ground depression shuts down eastbound lanes of Welch Road in Apopka, city officials say APOPKA, Fla. \u2014 A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[20798,10514,71295,2954,2456,3582,2675,29394,29460,29296,139,141,140,132,45793,58075,26945,918],"class_list":["post-399403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-alternate-route","tag-apopka","tag-apopka-police-department","tag-area","tag-closure","tag-crew","tag-driver","tag-eastbound-lane","tag-emergency-vehicle","tag-motorist","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-police","tag-several-hour","tag-sinkhole","tag-welch-road","tag-wesh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399403","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=399403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}