A large sinkhole has forced the closure of eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 in Wharton, New Jersey. Authorities blame the sinkhole on collapsed abandoned mineshafts. The road closure is causing major traffic backups and impacting local businesses.
WHARTON, N.J. - 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. It started out as a depression in the roadway Monday, and quickly opened up into a large sinkhole. 'The minute they started to do the soil borings, that's when it opened up.
So I guess there's a bunch of like mines that just weren't filled in properly. And they just keep collapsing in on themselves,' Jefferson Township resident Jeiris Cook said. 'I mean it's pretty scary, you know, to think that the ground could just come undone underneath your feet at any moment.'The eastbound closure is causing traffic to back up for miles, and it's hurting some local businesses.
SINKHOLE INTERSTATE 80 ROAD CLOSURE TRAFFIC MINESHAFTS
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