Published Thursday, March 12, 2009 6:05 AM

Broken cross-arm cited in blackout

Eagle Staff Report

Power was out in parts of Bryan late Wednesday for about an hour but had been restored by 11 p.m., officials said.

Bob Wheeler, a spokesman for Bryan Texas Utilities, said the outage was apparently caused by a broken cross-arm on a pole near the Atkins substation near Carson Street and Texas Avenue. Crews were trying to determine what caused the cross-arm to break, he said.

Wheeler said the outage affected mostly industrial and commercial properties in the areas of Villa Maria Road, 29th Street and Coulter Drive.

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