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Breathtaking new video shows when a massive I-80 sinkhole was found in NJ for the first time

A breathtaking new video shows the moments after a massive sinkhole for the first time the side of a New Jersey Interstate.

The police body material preserved from ABC7 has recorded the moment when the police were opened on the I-80 in Wharton on the edge of a mammoth sinkhole the day after Christmas.


The Sinkloch, which created a huge crater along the street, has caused a closure of the road since December. Wabc

“Take a look at how far it goes down there. We have just passed and said” saint! “…” a man who experienced the sinkhole collapse told a soldier in the film material.

“I've never seen anything like this,” said another man, while Steam seemed to climb out of the huge opening.

The Sinkloch, which created a huge crater along the street, has caused a closure of the parts of the main street since December.

Repairs have not been completed since then, but in February and March two more dolins occurred on the I-80, which extended the closures.


Witnesses point to the massive scout when it was found for the first time.
“I've never seen anything like this,” said a man, while Steam seemed to climb out of the huge opening. Wabc

Officials have associated the formation of the dolins with the region's mining history and blamed the collapse of an abandoned min shaft under the street as the cause according to the outcome.

The I-80 route, which has affected the local commuters and long-distance drivers, which crosses through New York City, Pennsylvania, the state of New York and the middle west, should be fully functional at the end of June at the end of June, according to the representatives of the New Jersey traffic authority.

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