{"id":687336,"date":"2026-03-28T07:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/687336\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T07:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:07:15","slug":"water-main-break-closes-frost-bank-center-drive-saws-says-repairs-will-be-complete-within-48-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/687336\/","title":{"rendered":"Water main break closes Frost Bank Center Drive; SAWS says repairs will be complete within 48 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 San Antonio Water System crews closed Frost Bank Center Drive on Friday after a 74-year-old cast-iron water main failed beneath the roadway, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">All lanes on Frost Bank Center Drive between Aniol Street and Houston Street are closed. SAWS said it expects to reopen two lanes of traffic by Friday evening, with full repairs completed within 24 to 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Water service to nearby customers has not been affected, SAWS said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The 24-inch main, buried 12 feet below the surface, broke due to shifting soils linked to extreme drought conditions, a SAWS spokesperson said. Crews are installing extensive shoring to repair the pipe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This weekend\u2019s events at the Frost Bank Center and Freeman Coliseum are expected to proceed as planned, but SAWS asked attendees to allow extra travel time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This weekend\u2019s events include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>Life Surge faith conference: all day Saturday at Frost Bank Center<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>San Antonio Gunslingers vs Tulsa Oilers (Indoor Football League): 3 p.m. Sunday at Freeman Coliseum<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The San Antonio Spurs are scheduled to play their next game at Frost Bank Center on Monday against the Chicago Bulls. SAWS expects repairs to be completed by gametime Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Read also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 San Antonio Water System crews closed Frost Bank Center Drive on Friday after a 74-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":687337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,9734,288379,59594,7202,7203,19129,358,314,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-687336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-america","tag-east-side","tag-freeman-coluseum","tag-frost-bank-center","tag-san-antonio","tag-sanantonio","tag-saws","tag-texas","tag-traffic","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116305544838345990","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}