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Bethesda water main break snarls traffic

A water main break on Rockville Pike near Cedar Lane in Bethesda caused headaches for drivers in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Sunday.

Emergency utility work closed all southbound lanes of Rockville Pike just ahead of Cedar Lane at about 9 a.m. Repairs are being made to a 16-inch water main at the Marriott Scout Service Center at 9190 Rockville Pike, WSSC Water said at 12:25 p.m. A map of the scene is below. [google_map latitude=”39.006948″ longitude=”-77.0984386″ zoom=”14″ height=”300px” location_label=”Scene of water main break” dynamic_map=”false”] For the latest road and traffic conditions, see WTOP’s traffic page or listen to updates every 10 minutes online or on the air at 103.5 FM.

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Back before WTOP switched to all-news, the king of Washington-area radio was WMAL 630 AM. Wednesday, the four orange and white steel towers that carried the station’s middle-of-the-road programming to waiting ears in the 1960s and 1970s were demolished, in 23 seconds. The towers, in Bethesda, Maryland, were brought down in a carefully-orchestrated series of explosions, to make way for 309 new homes that will be built in a Toll Brothers subdivision.
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