Break Floods Little Ferry Crossing, Crews Seek Shutoff Valve

LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- Authorities were trying to find the shutoff value after a water main burst early this afternoon, flooding the intersection of Route 46 and Bergen Turnpike in Little Ferry.

Crews searched for the shutoff valve.
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Police detoured traffic in both directions.
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j"It wasn't a construction accident," the police chief said. "A main just let go."
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Cecilia Levine

09/28/2015 1:30 p.m.

"It looks like they covered the shutoff when they repaved Route 46," Little Ferry Police Chief Ralph Verdi told Daily Voice just before 1:30 p.m. "They're out there looking for it.

"It wasn't a construction accident," the chief said. "A main just let go."

The intersection at what was once the LIttle Ferry circle was closed as police detoured traffic.

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