Broken utility pole reported on Seneca Highway

Heard on: Washtenaw MI Utilities Group Calls

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I think the crew's probably think I should start wearing blinders.

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I was coming back through some country roads there, and so at the address of (number withheld)

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Seneca Highway.

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And I think the closest crossroad would be Bryant Road and Seneca Highway.

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So just south of that address or of that crossroad,

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there's a broken crossarm that's, I mean, it's going up and down, and it looks like the pole got hit by lightning and split.

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It might have happened there in the storm or something.

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So that that needs to be taken care of tonight.

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So the address is at.

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You're going to need to take a locate.

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You know, for that, that's (number withheld) Seneca Highway.

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I left the cone out there, and it's going to be on the west side of the road on Seneca Highway.

00:57

Yeah, sounds good.

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I got that address: (number withheld) Seneca Highway.

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Closest intersection is Bryant Road.

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South of that intersection, broken cross arm, broken pole.

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You need a misdig on the west side of the road.

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There is a cone out there.

5/28/2026 06:07 PM

Utility Hazard

Seneca Trail, Temperance, MI 48182

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Utility crews responded to reports of a damaged pole and crossarm near Seneca Highway, south of Bryant Road in Temperance. The damage appears to have been caused by a lightning strike.