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.
Sinkhole closes I-80 east near where collapse of an abandoned mine caused massive sinkhole
A sinkhole closed the highway’s right lane in Wharton for several days in late December while crews repaired the damage. The DOT blamed the sinkhole on a collapsed, abandoned mine. Drivers need to make a similar detour around the latest sinkhole by using Exit 28 to take Route 46 east or Route 10 east to avoid the area.
I-80 closed at scene of previous sinkhole in New Jersey
WHARTON, N.J. -- I-80 is closed in Wharton, New Jersey as crews are back on the scene of a previous sinkhole on the hi
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, near the same spot as a December sinkhole. After a depression was flagged in the center eastbound lane at about 6:45 a.
Second sinkhole opens up on I-80 in New Jersey, shutting down roadway
This video aired on Dec. 26, 2024. WHARTON, N.J. (PIX11) – A sinkhole opened up on I-80 in New Jersey Monday morning, causing the roadway to partially shut down, according to the state’s Department of Transportation.
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,
NOT AGAIN! 2nd sinkhole in as many months shuts down I-80 in NJ
A sinkhole closed a stretch of Interstate-80 on Monday morning—less than two months after a sinkhole closed the same interstate in the same city.
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Massive Sinkhole Closes I-80 in New Jersey
Officials from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) closed Interstate 80 on Monday after a sinkhole appeared ...
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.
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 ...
Route 80 in NJ shutdown due to another sinkhole. How it impacts Pennsylvania commuters
Another sinkhole has shut down a portion of Route 80 in New Jersey, which will impact Pennsylvania commuters heading east.
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 ...
I-80 sinkhole worsens near where collapse of an abandoned mine caused massive sinkhole
Conditions worsened at a depression in a center lane of I-80 East in New Jersey when it opened up into a sinkhole while DOT ...
New sinkhole closes major NJ highway — and it’s exactly where the last one was: ‘Basically Swiss cheese’
Another sinkhole opened along a major New Jersey interstate Monday morning, forcing state officials to close the road’s eastbound lanes — just two months after another sinkhole shuttered it at nearly ...