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.
Sinkhole worsens on i-80 in New Jersey, highway section closed
NEW JERSEY (WFMZ) - A problem with a stretch of Interstate 80 in New Jersey has only gotten worse. It started out as a big depression in the highway. Now, it's a full-fledged sinkhole. This is a look from above at the eastbound stretch of I-80 in Roxbury Township in Morris County. Officials closed this part of the highway Monday morning.
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 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.
I-80 closed in Wharton, N.J. at scene of previous sinkhole
I-80 is closed in Wharton, New Jersey as crews are back on the scene of a previous sinkhole on the highway. The New Jersey Department of Transportation said a depression was seen in the center eastbound lane around 6:45 a.
I-80 eastbound closed in New Jersey for sinkhole repairs
A highway in New Jersey is closed Monday morning for repairs to the roadway after a possible sinkhole appeared. I-80 eastbound is closed in Wharton in Morris County as NJDOT works to repair a depression that emerged,
I-80 closed in Wharton, N.J. for sinkhole investigation
I-80 is closed in Wharton, New Jersey as crews investigate a possible sinkhole. Chopper 2 flew over the scene and did not find an obvious hole on the roadway, but officials say they are conducting emergency maintenance at the scene of an earlier sinkhole that opened up there last December.
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