Why a main traffic artery is blocked

Power restoration is the reason that the main connector between Walhalla and Westminster is blocked to traffic.  The detour is in the vicinity of Coneross Creek on SC 183/the Walhalla-Westminster Highway, and motorists are being diverted to country roads on either side to continue their travel.  A repair crew is at work to replace a broken power pole, a procedure that can take hours.  The hope is the affected section of 183 will be re-opened to thru traffic later today.