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.

Officials from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) closed Interstate 80 on Monday after a sinkhole appeared on the highway. “Out of an abundance of caution, the highway was closed and detoured at Exit 34 in Wharton which goes to Route 15,” said NJDOT spokesperson Stephen Schapiro.

Interstate 80 was closed in Wharton, New Jersey on Monday as crews returned to the scene of a previous sinkhole on the highway. The New Jersey Department of Transportation said a depression was seen in the center eastbound lane around 6:45 a.