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.

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.

A sinkhole in New Jersey still has the eastbound lanes of I-80 closed at Exit 34 in Wharton. Adaline Deal’s mom says she decided her daughter wouldn’t need a Covid-19 and flu jab because ‘the Holy Spirit put it on our hearts’

I-80 Eastbound is closed for emergency sinkhole repairs in Wharton, Morris County, the New Jersey Department of Transportation said.

I-80 is closed in Wharton, New Jersey as crews investigate a possible sinkhole in the eastbound lanes. The New Jersey Department of Transportation said a depression was seen in the center lane around 6:45 a.