{"id":108310,"date":"2024-12-27T18:03:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T18:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/sinkhole-on-new-jersey-interstate-was-caused-by-collapse-of-abandoned-mineshaft\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T18:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T18:03:29","slug":"sinkhole-on-new-jersey-interstate-was-caused-by-collapse-of-abandoned-mineshaft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/sinkhole-on-new-jersey-interstate-was-caused-by-collapse-of-abandoned-mineshaft\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinkhole on New Jersey interstate was caused by collapse of abandoned mineshaft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-12-27\/News_sinkhole_122724.jpg\" alt><figcaption>WABC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(WHARTON, N.J.) &#8212; A sinkhole on a northern New Jersey interstate that&#8217;s closed eastbound traffic for over 24 hours was caused by a collapse of abandoned mineshaft, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Interstate 80 eastbound in Wharton is closed and will stay closed until further notice as sinkhole repairs continue, the New Jersey Department of Transportation said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Crews responded to the 40-foot by 40-foot sinkhole on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The area has been stabilized and excavation work started Thursday night, according to the Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Officials aren&#8217;t saying when the interstate will reopen because of the weather and the &#8220;extensive nature of the repairs,&#8221; the department said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WABC (WHARTON, N.J.) &#8212; A sinkhole on a northern New Jersey interstate that&#8217;s closed eastbound traffic for over 24 hours was caused by a collapse of abandoned mineshaft, officials said. Interstate 80 eastbound in Wharton is closed and will stay closed until further notice as sinkhole repairs continue, the New<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/sinkhole-on-new-jersey-interstate-was-caused-by-collapse-of-abandoned-mineshaft\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}