Sinkhole keeping I-80 eastbound in Wharton, New Jersey shut. Here's what experts think caused it.
Hopes of reopening Interstate 80 quickly have been dashed. A section of the eastbound lanes remains closed due to a 40-foot sinkhole​, and it won't be an easy fix.
Interstate 80 eastbound in Wharton closed until further notice due to new sinkhole
State Department of Transportation crews are using radar to examine the soil within that hole and in the surrounding ground on which the interstate sits.
Repair work continues in New Jersey on sinkhole that closed stretch of I-80
NJDOT responded to the scene on Monday after a depression was found in the roadway. As workers were boring holes to investigate, they triggered a second sinkhole.
‘Depression’ closes Route 80 in NJ near area of December sinkhole
All traffic was diverted off Route 80 at Exit 34 (Main Street) and allowed back on again at Exit 35 (Route 15) in Wharton after a depression was spotted in the center lane around 6:45 a.m.
Second sinkhole closes same stretch of I-80 in New Jersey
A possible sinkhole forming in the center lane of I-80 in New Jersey’s Morris County shut down all eastbound lanes Monday morning, in the same spot as a December sinkhole.
I-80 East in NJ closed for emergency sinkhole repairs
I-80 Eastbound is closed for emergency sinkhole repairs in Wharton, Morris County, the New Jersey Department of Transportation said.
I-80 eastbound closed in New Jersey for sinkhole repairs
A highway in New Jersey was closed for hours on Monday for repairs to the roadway after a possible sinkhole appeared. I-80 eastbound was shut down in the Morris County town of Wharton as NJDOT crews work to repair a depression that emerged,
I-80 eastbound remains closed in Wharton, New Jersey due to sinkhole
Hopes of reopening Interstate 80 quickly have been dashed. A section of the eastbound lanes remains closed due to a 40-foot sinkhole​, and it won't be an easy fix.
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Sinkhole on Interstate 80 in New Jersey detours travel from Poconos to New York City
The eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 in Morris County, New Jersey, have been closed down and detoured to repair a sinkhole.
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Part of I-80 closed near Wharton for repairs
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Second sinkhole opens up on I-80 in New Jersey, shutting down roadway
A 40-foot by 40-foot hole opened up at the same exit on Dec. 26, caused by the collapse of an abandoned mineshaft underneath, officials said.
I-80 sinkhole worsens near where collapse of an abandoned mine caused massive sinkhole
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Take these detours to avoid the Route 80 traffic caused by sinkhole repairs
Motorists traveling eastbound on Route 80 in Morris County will need to take alternate routes after a sinkhole opened up in ...
UPDATE: New Route 80 sinkhole expands to road collapse after testing: 'No easy fix'
A sinkhole in Wharton that forced the closure Monday of all eastbound lanes on Route 80 at Route 15 has expanded into a road collapse.