{"id":115021,"date":"2026-02-16T05:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115021\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T05:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:12:15","slug":"water-main-break-shuts-down-spruce-street-penn-medicine-says-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115021\/","title":{"rendered":"Water main break shuts down Spruce Street, Penn Medicine says \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A water main break has forced the closure of Spruce Street between 34th and 38th streets until further notice, Penn Medicine said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennmedicine.org\/traffic\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pennmedicine.org\/traffic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">on their website<\/a> and in a message to patients. <\/p>\n<p>The street closure will impact traffic near the\u00a0Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,\u00a0Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine and\u00a0the Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs, according to the memo. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Crews are working to complete repairs as soon as possible, but the road closure may last for several weeks,&#8221; Penn Medicine&#8217;s memo said. <\/p>\n<p>People traveling to the area are urged to add in extra travel time due to traffic and are encouraged to consider taking public transportation, according to Penn Medicine. <\/p>\n<p>NBC10 was on the scene to see the road shut down on Sunday night. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-98.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>No word yet on if any damage to buildings was done due to the water main break, but NBC10 is working to learn more. <\/p>\n<p>Anyone with questions about the situation can call Penn Medicine at 800-789-7366\u00a0between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday, according to the memo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A water main break has forced the closure of Spruce Street between 34th and 38th streets until further&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[36854,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-115021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-penn-medicine","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}