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Roads reopen after gas leak in Jupiter

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UPDATE: Police say TECO Gas company has successfully patched the leak. The roads and bridge have reopened.

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Jupiter police say officers have evacuated everything east of The Fresh Market grocery store at 311 E. Indiantown Road because of a gas leak.

A construction crew struck a gas line on the west side of the Indiantown Road Bridge, according to police.

Police say the roadway between Alternate A1A (SR 811) and Indiantown Road (SR 706) Bridge is closed. 

The Intracoastal Waterway going under the Indiantown Road Bridge is also closed.  

Police say that Teco Gas is currently on scene and workers say that the repair will take approximately 4 hours.