City of Cullman Water Department employees, from left, Jared Thornton, Austin Box and Trey Powers work to repair a water main break that shut down a handful of restaurants and other businesses along Alabama Highway 157 Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016.

A strip of businesses along Alabama 157 were affected Tuesday after an 8-inch water main broke on the south side of the road.

The break occurred around 10:30 a.m. but was repaired by 3:15 in the afternoon.

City of Cullman Water Superintendent Chris Freeman said the crew worked non-stop to get the water main repaired.  Businesses affected were roughly from Kentucky Fried Chicken to Commerce Avenue.