Icy Streets Follow Downtown Water Main Break

CHICAGO - Traffic was moving again Tuesday morning after a downtown water main break overnight. Water was freezing on the streets surrounding the break early Tuesday, creating dangerous driving and pedestrian conditions in the area, police said.

The water main break was reported about 2 a.m. at 100 W. Ohio St., according to police news affairs Officer Amina Greer.

Eastbound traffic remained slowed at Ohio and LaSalle streets and southbound traffic crawled on Clark Street, according to NBC5's Kim Vatis.

She said the Department of Streets and Sanitation was at the scene through much of the night.

The affected streets were salted overnight, allowing the streets to be reopened after closures following the initial break.