Interstate 80 reopened through North Jersey on Monday morning, four days after a sinkhole swallowed the road and snarled traffic during the busy holiday weekend.
Repair crews worked around the clock to fix the damage in Wharton, where a giant chunk of the right shoulder in the eastbound lanes collapsed on Thursday morning.
The sinkhole was about the size of a four-story building and forced authorities to close I-80 eastbound for a few miles. The detour often backed up traffic for over an hour on the heavily used stretch of road.
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Emergency crews used stone aggregate, wire mesh, concrete and additional fill to pack in the land, then several layers of asphalt were placed atop it to restore the road, the New Jersey Department of Transportation said in a press release. I-80 reopened around 8 a.m. Monday.
“I want to commend the outstanding efforts of the NJDOT and contractor crews that worked tirelessly to get Interstate 80 reopened quickly and safely for the motoring public,” NJDOT Commissioner Fran O’Connor said. “Given the extensive nature of the damage, it is truly remarkable the amount of work that was done in such a short amount of time.”
The sinkhole was caused by an abandoned underground mine in the area. There are an estimated 100 such mines in Morris County alone.
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