Crime & Safety
UPDATED: Highway 100 Northbound Reopened at 4 P.M.
A damaged gas line has caused the problem, and officials say there could be a longer closure of Research Park Drive off Mayfair.
Updated: 4:15 p.m.:
A gas leak that has closed northbound Highway 100 at Bluemound Road most of the afternoon was contained and the lanes reopened at 4 p.m.
An earlier traffic alert from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation reported that northbound lanes of Mayfair Road (Highway 100) were closed at Blue Mound Road because of a utility emergency.
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Wauwatosa Assistant Fire Chief Jim Case confirmed that it was a "fairly significant" gas leak.
Potter Road, Research Drive and the Highway 100 northbound off-ramp from I-94 westbound were also closed, according to the statement.
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The Research Drive entrance onto Highway 100 from Research Drive remained closed after 4 p.m., Case said. All Research Park traffic must exit through Innovation Drive for the time being.
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