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An area near the Hennepin Avenue Bridge remained closed Friday morning after a major water main break in downtown Minneapolis flooded streets and cut off water to a substantial swath of the city. Updated 7:51 AM
- Metro Transit buses on detour in downtown Minneapolis
- See photos as water rushed through downtown streets

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