Crews continue their work Saturday on the sinkhole that has closed a section of Interstate 80 eastbound in Wharton, NJ.

A crumbling mineshaft caused the 40-foot-by-40-foot sinkhole that closed part of the highway, state transportation officials said.

Emergency crews continue to work on repair the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 in New Jersey after a large sinkhole opened on the right shoulder Thursday morning. The New Jersey Department of ...

Road crews were repairing a short stretch of Interstate 80 in northern New Jersey on Friday where a sinkhole forced the ...

The sinkhole is on the right shoulder of the eastbound side of I-80, but affects the right lane as well, officials say.

The sinkhole that cratered a section of I-80 in New Jersey was caused by an abandoned mineshaft collapsing underneath the highway, state transportation officials say.

Crews stand near a sinkhole that opened up along Interstate 80 near Wharton, New Jersey. (WABC) A stretch of Interstate 80 in New Jersey was closed after a sinkhole opened up on the shoulder of the ...

Construction crews are working around the clock to repair the ginormous hole along I-80 near Exit 40 in Wharton that caused ...

The cause of a sinkhole that formed along Interstate 80 in New Jersey Thursday has been revealed. A 40-foot by 40-foot ...

New Jersey is home to 600 of the nation's 500,000 abandoned mines, yet the danger they pose looms large in the state's north.