PORT ANGELES — City Hall is restricting traffic on Liberty Street near the area where a water pipe burst Thursday until the road can be repaired.

The road between Sixth and Seventh streets, where the pipe burst, is closed to all traffic.

The city is allowing only through traffic between Fifth Street and Lauridsen Boulevard.

Randy Brackett, city operations deputy director, said the road will be repaired as soon as the weather becomes dry enough. That could be this week, he said.

A 6-inch water main ruptured at 4:52 p.m., leaving 10 customers without water.

The rupture damaged the west shoulder of Liberty Street near its intersection with Sixth Street.

Mud and silt from the current was reported as far downslope as Fourth and Jones streets.

The pipe was fixed Thursday night.

Brackett said it’s possible the cement pipe was resting on a rock, which combined with water pressure, causing it to burst.

Cement pipes, popular in the 1970s, are known to be brittle, he said.

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Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.com.