Springfield residents who lost power after a vehicle “incident” took out several utility poles Wednesday morning could expect power to be restored by 3 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, according to social media posts by the Springfield Utility Board.

Police on Wednesday morning said a “traffic crash” and downed power lines caused a road closure affecting a half-mile of 35th Street in Springfield, from Commercial Avenue north to Olympic Street.

Police announced shortly after 8:30 a.m. the closure would be for an extended time.

The Springfield Utility Board said the incident had “taken down multiple utility poles” in the area. The utility said work to replace the poles would continue “into the evening or early-morning hours” on Thursday.

The utility posted an outage map on its website. About 250 residences were without power as of 12:30 p.m. Oct. 22.

About 165 homes were expected to be affected into the night as crews replace the damaged poles, said Zak Gosa-Lewis, a spokesperson for the utility, on Wednesday. The outage area was near the intersection of Kathryn Avenue and 25th Street, he said.

Gosa-Lewis said the utility is removing five poles that were damaged. He said the number of poles needing replacement may change “because they’re testing the structural integrity of everything that’s there.”

“All of the lines are obviously disconnected to make sure that none of those are electrified,” he said.

He said the main work was “still largely cleanup from the sheer amount of poles that were affected.”