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Water main break closes roads in southwest Denver in area about to undergo repaving from previous break

Denver7 · · 163 words · By Katie Parkins
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What to know about Water main break closes roads in southwest Denver in area about to undergo repaving from previous break

DENVER — A water main break in southwest Denver closed a section of S.

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What happened

DENVER — A water main break in southwest Denver closed a section of S.

Why it matters

Denver7 Traffic Expert Jayson Luber went out there around 3 a.m.

Common ground

Thursday where a construction worker on scene told him, crews were finishing up restoration after water started bubbling up Wednesday.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A water main break in southwest Denver closed a section of S. Sheridan Boulevard between W. Florida and Mexico Avenues Thursday morning.”
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While there is general evidence of water main breaks in other cities and a general 'Sheridan Boulevard Pipe Replacement Project' in Denver, there is no specific evidence in the provided search results confirming a break between W. Florida and Mexico Avenues on a specific Thursday morning. The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated water main breaks in Ada and Lewiston, and general Wikipedia entries.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hollywood is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. It is a suburb in the Miami metropolitan area. The population of Hollywood was 153,067 as of 2020, making it the third-largest city in Br…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pembroke Pines (/ˈpɛmˌbroʊk ˈpaɪnz/) is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is located 22 miles (35 km) north of Miami. It is a suburb of the Miami metropolitan area an…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general a…
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Claim 2: “crews were finishing up restoration after water started bubbling up Wednesday.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia definitions of water and unrelated city water department pages. There is no mention of water bubbling up at the specific S. Sheridan Boulevard site on Wednesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Arvada () is a home rule city located in Jefferson and Adams counties, Colorado, United States. The city population was 124,402 at the 2020 United States census, with 121,510 residing in Jefferson Cou…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedian, actress, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by Time in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the…
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Claim 3: “Crews would be on scene repairing a 6-inch pipe all of Thursday to restore water to 43 customers who were impacted by the main break, Denver water said.”
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A web search result explicitly contains the exact phrasing of the claim: 'Crews would be on scene repairing a 6-inch pipe all of Thursday to restore water to 43 customers who were impacted by the main break, Denver water said.' This is a direct match from a news source reporting on the event.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colorado is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, and part of the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners regio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Denver ( DEN-vər) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Officially a consolidated city and county, it is located in the South Platte River valley on the western edge o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Super Bowl XLVIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos and National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks to decide the Na…
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Claim 4: “Denver Water came on scene Thursday to turn the water off and dig the road back up to do more repairs.”
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The evidence shows that Denver Water does have a 'Sheridan Boulevard Pipe Replacement Project' and that crews may leave sites to respond to emergencies, but there is no specific confirmation of a response on a particular Thursday to shut off water and excavate the road at the location mentioned in the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Denver ( DEN-vər) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Officially a consolidated city and county, it is located in the South Platte River valley on the western edge o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The City of Sheridan is a home rule municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. Sheridan is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The oldest part of Denver, Colorado, now the neighborhoods of Auraria Campus, LoDo, much of downtown, and Five Points, is laid out on a grid plan that is oriented diagonal to the four cardinal directi…
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