***Update at 10:25 p.m***
Ameren has completed repair work on the gas line break at the corner of Beltline Road and Golfview Drive.
All four lanes of Beltline Road have re-opened. The section of Golfview Drive that was closed is expected to open before 10:30 p.m.
After the line was capped, using a device known as a shortstop, gas was temporarily shut off to the nearby US Bank branch and McDonalds, prompting the McDonalds to shut down. Gas has been restored to both buildings, an Ameren representative at the repair site said.
— original story—
Beltline Road in Collinsville has been re-opened after a major gas line break closed a section of the road for almost seven hours Thursday.
Crews working at the site of a gas line break at the corner of Beltline Road and Golfview Drive, Collinsville / Photo by Roger Starkey
An Ameren crew was able to cap the leak at about 8:30 p.m. and three lanes of the Beltline re-opened at the corner of Beltine and Golfview Drive, Captain Dusty Katich of the Collinsville Fire Department said. One lane of Beltine Road and the section of Golfview Drive between Mark Dr. and the Beltline remains closed while repairs are made at the scene.
Crews installing fiber optic cable broke a 4 inch gas line at about 1:45 p.m. Thursday, prompting the road closure and sending gas into the surrounding area. Reports of gas smells as far away as SS Peter and Paul Church at 207 Vandalia Street, over a mile away, Captain Dusty Katich of the Collinsville Fire Department said.
