Crews are on the scene this afternoon to tend to the sinkhole that formed nearly in the middle of the intersection here on First Avenue and Seventh Street thanks to a broken pipe... looks like traffic is down to one lane for now... and perhaps the near future.
Thanks to @Cool666_ for the photo!
Updated 6:11 p.m.
Raquel Shapira shares these photos...
And Mr. John is on the scene — this is a big job, this sinkhole.
Also: Seventh Street is closed to vehicles for now between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
Updated 9 p.m.
And an in-progress shot of the fill-in a little earlier via Derek Berg...
Updated 3/14
Just one lane (and the bus lane) are open... the bike lane if closed off too...
Updated 3/15
Still working!
[1st Avenue north of 7th Street]
4 comments:
I walked by around 6:30pm and the hole was big enough to swallow the M15.
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That's not a sinkhole. It's more accurately called a "collapse".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkhole#Artificial_processes
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