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Eastbound Sunrise Highway in Freeport reopens

Workers in front of the BMW dealership on Sunrise Highway...

Workers in front of the BMW dealership on Sunrise Highway and Brookside Avenue in Freeport on Saturday. Eastbound lanes of Sunrise were closed for hours due to a gas main break, Freeport police said.  Credit: John Scalesi

By Brinley Hinemanbrinley.hineman@newsday.com

Sunrise Highway in Freeport has reopened Saturday after it was closed for hours due to a gas main break, Freeport police said. 

It's not clear what time the roadway reopened, but Nassau County's traffic management unit tweeted shortly before 5:15 p.m. that the blocked eastbound lanes had been cleared. 

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Sunrise Highway in Freeport has reopened Saturday after it was closed for hours due to a gas main break, Freeport police said. 

It's not clear what time the roadway reopened, but Nassau County's traffic management unit tweeted shortly before 5:15 p.m. that the blocked eastbound lanes had been cleared. 

The closure was between Brookside and South Bayview Avenues, Nassau County police said in a news release. 

With Matthew Chayes

By Brinley Hineman

Brinley Hineman covers the Town of Hempstead and the City of Long Beach for Newsday. She previously was a reporter in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a West Virginia native.

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