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Posted: March th, 2010, 1:10am Eastern Standard Time
Conewago Township crews close Oxford Avenue to repair sinkhole damage. Township engineer Peter Martin and road crew workers examine the sinkhole that recently formed on Oxford Avenue, north of Edge Grove Road.
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Posted: March th, 2010, 9:23pm Eastern Standard Time
It started off as a pothole, one of many in the city. And it wasn't until a car traveled over it Monday night on Highview Road hill that a surprising discovery was made. Just below the road's deteriorating surface was an old abandoned storm sewer. "The road caved in and exposed a mystery storm sewer that no one knew was there," Ric Semonski, the city's supervisor of streets, said Tuesday ...
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Posted: March th, 2010, 10:57am Eastern Standard Time
Cones mark off a sinkhole on Palermo Avenue in East Vineland on Monday. Report problems with local roads at thedailyjournal.com/roadpatrol.
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Posted: March th, 2010, 3:18am Eastern Standard Time
John Huff/Staff photographer A large sinkhole at the Dover Mounted Patrol's stable on Cocheco Street was discovered when one of their horse's leg broke the surface of the hole late last month.
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Posted: March th, 2010, 9:55pm Eastern Standard Time
Austin police officer accused of theft in Cedar Park; work to fix Dessau Road sinkhole continues
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Posted: March th, 2010, 6:38pm Eastern Standard Time
Tallahassee, FL - The office of Representative Bryan Nelson told 10 Connects Monday that after multiple complaints from Bay area citizens, Nelson decided to pull the sinkhole liability language from his comprehensive insurance fraud bill.
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Posted: March th, 2010, 4:43pm Eastern Standard Time
Every year in Florida insurance companies lose 100’s of millions of dollars to fraudulent sinkhole claims. Legislation to cut down on insurance fraud would help companies curb their losses by limiting the amount of money they’re on the hook for.
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Posted: March th, 2010, 1:13pm Eastern Standard Time
Repair crews remain at the site of a sinkhole Monday evening caused by a wastewater pipe break last week, which has had a part of Dessau Road shut down for three days.
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Posted: March th, 2010, 10:46am Eastern Standard Time
City workers will flush the hole, to see if it is larger than it appears, before filling it.
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Posted: March th, 2010, 3:06am Eastern Standard Time
LAUREL CANYON — The recent weeks of rainy weather have affected the area of Mulholland Drive in Studio City, located on the eastside of Coldwater Canyon Avenue. It has actually caused a sinkhole, which is in need of repair as soon as funding for construction is approved by this Friday, March 3.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 1:09am Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole next to the bridge in the 2300 block of South Kegley Road in Temple is responsible for the bridge's closure until further notice. Temple Police notified Temple Public Works Department about 5 p.m. Saturday that a sinkhole was discovered on the north side of the bridge.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 1:08am Eastern Standard Time
Motorists turn around after seeing the closed bridge on Kegley Road over Pepper Creek. Temple police closed the bridge Saturday night after finding a 20-foot-deep sinkhole. City engineer Michael Newman said the bridge will be patched and may be re-opened by the end of this week, weather permitting.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 11:03pm Eastern Standard Time
PITTSBURGH -- A driver told Channel 11 his car was damaged after he drove over a sinkhole near his house in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood. The road is an alleyway between the 7200 block of Race Street and Monticello Street.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 8:36pm Eastern Standard Time
ROCKLAND, Maine -- A 65-foot-deep sinkhole on Old County Road is growing, and that might not be such a bad thing, according to state Department of Transportation officials who are working on ways to repair the road.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 8:18pm Eastern Standard Time
All the snow from the blizzards in Maryland caused plenty of problems, but for one northeast Baltimore woman, things got out of control as a sinkhole formed in her back yard.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 6:39pm Eastern Standard Time
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- A major thoroughfare in Kannapolis is closed after a giant sinkhole opened under the pavement. It was caused by a storm drain pipe under the road. The pipe, which now hangs out in the middle of the hole, started leaking. Crews believe that leaking water washed the soil out from underneath Highway 3, causing the pavement to collapse. Driver Cheryl Todd's eyes widened and her ...
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Posted: February th, 2010, 6:05pm Eastern Standard Time
RICHMOND - Richmond's Department of Public Works is trying to figure out what caused a giant sinkhole. The five foot deep hole opened up in the middle of the 3900 block of West Marshall Street Wednesday.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 3:41pm Eastern Standard Time
ROCKLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The more we learn about that big sinkhole on old county road in rockland... The more clear it becomes that it's going to be extremely difficult to fix.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 12:42pm Eastern Standard Time
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- A Kannapolis road is closed because of a sinkhole that is 10 feet deep. A waterline caused the pavement and shoulder on Highway 3 to wash out. The damage stretches 40 yards down the road.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 11:10am Eastern Standard Time
A water main break early Wednesday morning on Highway 3 in Kannapolis created a sinkhole that is about 46 feet long and 7 feet wide.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 9:24am Eastern Standard Time
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- City officials say Highway 3 in Kannapolis may be closed until Friday because of a sinkhole that has collapsed part of the road. Local firefighters discovered the sinkhole at about 9'30 p.m. Tuesday. City officials say an 8-inch water main break caused the sinkhole, which measures 46 feet long, 7 feet wide and 12 feet deep. Highway 3 is shut down between Rainbow Drive and ...
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Posted: February th, 2010, 7:07am Eastern Standard Time
An old well is to blame for a large sinkhole that almost swallowed up a Lorain County womans car.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 1:07am Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole next to the bridge in the 2300 block of South Kegley Road in Temple is responsible for the bridge's closure until further notice. Temple Police notified Temple Public Works Department about 5 p.m. Saturday that a sinkhole was discovered on the north side of the bridge.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 1:06am Eastern Standard Time
Motorists turn around after seeing the closed bridge on Kegley Road over Pepper Creek. Temple police closed the bridge Saturday night after finding a 20-foot-deep sinkhole. City engineer Michael Newman said the bridge will be patched and may be re-opened by the end of this week, weather permitting.
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Posted: February rd, 2010, 7:41pm Eastern Standard Time
Engineers have come up with a fix for a bridge in Temple closed because of a big sinkhole and city officials say the bridge could be open to traffic by the weekend.
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Posted: February rd, 2010, 7:15pm Eastern Standard Time
ATLANTA —Both lanes of Interstate 85 southbound at mile marker 178 in Hart County are open, according to officials, and traffic is flowing smoothly again.Georgia Department of Transportation crews finished work around 11 a.m. Monday on the sinkhole that was discovered early last week on the interstate at that site, said Monica Luck, a transportation department spokesman. Crews found the hole ...
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Posted: February rd, 2010, 4:07pm Eastern Standard Time
Albany public works and Water, Gas and Light crews are busy repairing a massive sinkhole that collapsed a street over the weekend. As they repaired that problem, they found another sinkhole nearby.
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Posted: February rd, 2010, 1:30pm Eastern Standard Time
Road crews have patched sinkhole that opened up on Maynardville Highway last week, and the southbound lane that was closed near Mill Branch Drive was reopened Tuesday afternoon, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
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Posted: February rd, 2010, 1:15pm Eastern Standard Time
The Georgia DOT says lanes are reopened after sinkhole repairs on I-85.
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Posted: February rd, 2010, 6:44am Eastern Standard Time
More testing is under way in Rockland to figure out why a massive sinkhole swallowed up part of a road.
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Posted: February rd, 2010, 6:24am Eastern Standard Time
The Maine Department of Transportation is trying to figure out what to do about a 65-foot deep sinkhole in the town of Rockland.
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Posted: February rd, 2010, 1:06am Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole next to the bridge in the 2300 block of South Kegley Road in Temple is responsible for the bridge's closure until further notice. Temple Police notified Temple Public Works Department about 5 p.m. Saturday that a sinkhole was discovered on the north side of the bridge.
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Posted: February rd, 2010, 1:05am Eastern Standard Time
Motorists turn around after seeing the closed bridge on Kegley Road over Pepper Creek. Temple police closed the bridge Saturday night after finding a 20-foot-deep sinkhole. City engineer Michael Newman said the bridge will be patched and may be re-opened by the end of this week, weather permitting.
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Posted: February nd, 2010, 6:56pm Eastern Standard Time
ROCKLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Maine Department of Transportion engineers were on the road again in Rockland, studying that giant sinkhole on the Old County Road trying to decide just how to go about fixing it.
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Posted: February nd, 2010, 5:04pm Eastern Standard Time
The fix for a sinkhole that opened up Friday in the southbound lane of Maynardville Pike requires clay and hot asphalt.
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Posted: February nd, 2010, 4:21pm Eastern Standard Time
ROCKLAND, Maine - The Maine Department of Transportation is working at the site of the 65-foot deep sinkhole on Old County Road in Rockland today to determine how to best fix the road. ...
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Posted: February nd, 2010, 1:04pm Eastern Standard Time
A 20-foot deep sinkhole in Temple has closed a bridge and forced drivers to use other routes.
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Posted: February nd, 2010, 10:36am Eastern Standard Time
Associated PressTEMPLE, Texas -- A 20-foot deep sinkhole in Temple has closed a bridge and forced drivers to use other routes.Police say the sinkhole, which is about 6-feet wide, turned up late Saturday at a bridge over Bird Creek, near the Wildflowe ...
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Posted: February nd, 2010, 9:57am Eastern Standard Time
TEMPLE, Texas (AP) - A 20-foot deep sinkhole in Temple has closed a bridge and forced drivers to use other routes. Police say the sinkhole, which is about 6-feet wide, turned up late Saturday at a bridge over Bird Creek, near the Wildflower Golf Course.
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Posted: February nd, 2010, 9:28am Eastern Standard Time
A Temple bridge is closed because of a sinkhole. Drivers should avoid the bridge on South Kegley near Bird Creek until further notice. The sinkhole discovered this afternoon is about six feet in diameter below the street surface and about 20 feet deep.
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Posted: February st, 2010, 11:26am Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole that’s six feet across and 20 feet deep has closed a bridge in Temple.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 9:16pm Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole has disrupted traffic on State Route 33 north of Knoxville.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 8:46pm Eastern Standard Time
The bridge at the 2300 block of South Kegley in Temple is closed until further notice due to a sinkhole on the north side of the bridge.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 7:19pm Eastern Standard Time
Freezing conditions thwarted TDOT's efforts to repair a sinkhole along Maynardville highway.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 10:30pm Eastern Standard Time
The Georgia DOT has determined what caused the sinkhole on I-85.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 6:43pm Eastern Standard Time
A large sinkhole forced road crews to close one lane of Maynardville Pike (State Route 33) in Halls, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 6:29pm Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole in Barbour County is causing some traffic problems.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 6:19pm Eastern Standard Time
Tennessee Department of Transportation crews have closed one lane at mile marker 15.8 after a sinkhole collapsed a portion of the southbound lane just before 4 p.m.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 5:15pm Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole on I-85 near the SC/Georgia state line has one lane of the interstate closed. Officials say they don't know the cause of the sinkhole.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 1:30pm Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole on I-85 near the SC/Georgia state line has one lane of the interstate closed. Officials say they don't know the cause of the sinkhole.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 10:37am Eastern Standard Time
HART Co., Ga -- The Georgia Department of Transportation issued an alert Friday morning warning drivers about possible traffic delays on Interstate 85 southbound because of repairs on a sinkhole.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 10:12am Eastern Standard Time
HART COUNTY —Crews worked to finish demolition Friday and remove the last of the debris from the area around a sinkhole on Interstate 85 southbound in Hart County, Ga.A concrete pour also was scheduled for Friday afternoon, according to a Georgia Department of Transportation statement.Teri Pope, a transportation department spokeswoman, said department employees found the hole while doing ...
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Posted: February th, 2010, 8:32am Eastern Standard Time
Failed drain blamed for incident
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Posted: February th, 2010, 5:56pm Eastern Standard Time
ROCKLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Town officials in rockland say they've gotten word the maine department of transportation will pay to repair that huge sinkhole in the middle of the old county road.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 10:34am Eastern Standard Time
A lane of Interstate 85 that has been closed because of a sinkhole will be reopened by the evening of Feb. 23 if weather permits, officials said Thursday.The Georgia Department of Transportation used an emergency authorization to solicit information from contractors about repairing the road.Teri Pope, a spokeswoman for the transportation department, said state transportation employees found the ...
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Posted: February th, 2010, 9:22am Eastern Standard Time
Rockland city officials have gotten word that the state's Department of Transportation will repair an enormous sinkhole that opened on the Old County Road. (Provided by News 13)
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Posted: February th, 2010, 7:55am Eastern Standard Time
Officials in Rockland say they've gotten word the Maine Department of Transportation will pay to repair a 50- by 25-foot sinkhole that opened in about 90 minutes.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 2:00am Eastern Standard Time
Repair work started this morning on a 10-foot-deep sinkhole that forced the state Department of Transportation to close one of the two southbound lanes on Interstate 85 in Hart County.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 8:23am Eastern Standard Time
Officials in Rockland say they don't know what caused a 50- by 25-foot sinkhole to open in about 90 minutes.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 10:30pm Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole on I-85 near the SC/Georgia state line has one lane of the interstate closed.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 9:41pm Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole caused by a leaky valve on an irrigation pipeline closed down a section of Magnesia Falls Drive on Monday, between Portola and San Pablo avenues in Palm Desert, and the road remained closed in one direction for about half the day Tuesday, according to officials from the Coachella Valley Water District.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 9:22pm Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole at the Georgia/ South Carolina line forced officials to shutdown one lane on Interstate 85.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 6:35pm Eastern Standard Time
HART COUNTY —A giant sinkhole has closed one of two southbound lanes on Interstate 85 in Hart County.The sinkhole is at mile marker 178 southbound just across the line from South Carolina and just before the first Georiga exit, Exit 177, noted for the exit to Dad’s Restaurant.The sinkhole is approximately 20 feet long, 30 feet wide and 10 feet deep.Crews closed one lane of I-85 southbound about ...
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Posted: February th, 2010, 5:27pm Eastern Standard Time
The Old County Road in Rockland has been closed off because of a sinkhole. It started out roughly the size of a small pothole. A woman called police after she hit it with her car and said it caused significant damage to her vehicle. A Rockland Public Works Crew was dispatched yesterday afternoo . . .
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Posted: February th, 2010, 1:26pm Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole caused by a leaky valve on an irrigation pipeline closed down a section of Magnesia Falls Drive on Monday, between Portola and San Pablo avenues in Palm Desert, according to officials from the Coachella Valley Water District.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 1:23pm Eastern Standard Time
That massive sinkhole along Highway 18 in Caldwell County has been filled in after work crews replaced a broken drainage pipe, but traffic is still not allowed through the area.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 10:38am Eastern Standard Time
Workers closed one of the two southbound lanes on Interstate 85 in Hart County on Tuesday afternoon after a 10-foot sinkhole opened in the highway shoulder.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 9:10am Eastern Standard Time
A Wishard Memorial Hospital ambulance dropped nose first into a sinkhole caused by a water main break on the Eastside early Monday.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 2:00am Eastern Standard Time
Workers closed one of the two southbound lanes on Interstate 85 in Hart County this afternoon after a 10-foot sinkhole opened in the highway shoulder.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 9:16am Eastern Standard Time
According to officials, last month's cold spell sparked events that led to the recent rash of sinkholes. Will it happen again? Sinkhole warning State agency to weigh in on sinkhole situation Sinkhole Q&A More sinkhole stories
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Posted: February th, 2010, 10:53pm Eastern Standard Time
PLANT CITY, Florida - Another freeze warning in Eastern Hillsborough County means another night of strawberry-watering in the Plant City/Dover area. But residents may not need to fear catastrophic sinkhole damage like they saw in January.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 7:06am Eastern Standard Time
NEW KENT, Va. - Highway crews have repaired an Interstate 64 lane in New Kent County that was shut down because of a 6-foot-deep sinkhole. The Virginia Department of Transportation said Wednesday morning that the eastbound right lane has reopened.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 5:28am Eastern Standard Time
The city is looking for a company to fill a sinkhole that has closed a portion of Timberlane Drive, a main road through Walden Lake.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 6:33pm Eastern Standard Time
A large sinkhole has prompted the closure of two blocks in South San Francisco, possibly through tonight, public works superintendent Gary Batis said. Public works employees spotted a small dent in the roadway at Magnolia and Baden avenues Monday and drilled it to determine what was underneath,...
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Posted: February th, 2010, 4:48pm Eastern Standard Time
A collapsed drainage pipe under a section of Highway 135 caused a large sinkhole in late January. On Wednesday, Caltrans will begin work to repair the sinkhole caused by the damaged pipe.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 3:53pm Eastern Standard Time
A large sinkhole has prompted the closure of two blocks in South San Francisco, possibly through tonight, public works superintendent Gary Batis said.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 3:06pm Eastern Standard Time
A large sinkhole has prompted the closure of two blocks in South San Francisco, possibly through Tuesday night, public works superintendent Gary Batis said.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 2:25pm Eastern Standard Time
A large sinkhole has prompted the closure of two blocks in South San Francisco.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 10:10am Eastern Standard Time
One eastbound lane of Interstate 64 in New Kent County is closed because of a 6-foot-deep sinkhole.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 3:47am Eastern Standard Time
LA CRESCENTA - Sheriff's deputies and firefighters freed a Los Angeles County Department of Public Works foreman Sunday after he fell into a muddy sinkhole, authorities said.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 7:30pm Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole developed at a Hendersonville business Sunday afternoon causing some minor problems.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 4:54pm Eastern Standard Time
A portion of US25W near Goldbug has been shut down since Saturday morning due to a large sinkhole that made the road impassable, but state highway officials are hoping motorists will be able to use the road again sometime this week.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 3:36pm Eastern Standard Time
San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail service that had been disrupted on the N-Judah line since Friday night because of a sinkhole near the tracks in the city's Sunset District resumed Sunday morning, according to a Muni spokesman.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 2:18pm Eastern Standard Time
San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail service that had been disrupted on the N-Judah line since Friday night because of a sinkhole near the tracks in the city's Sunset District resumed Sunday morning, according to a Muni spokesman. Service had been disrupted since about 8 p.m. Friday after the...
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Posted: February th, 2010, 10:08pm Eastern Standard Time
San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail service has been disrupted on the N-Judah line since Friday night because of a sinkhole near the tracks in the city's Sunset District.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 9:17pm Eastern Standard Time
A portion of U.S. 25 W near Exit 15 in Whitley County is closed to through traffic because a sinkhole has made the road dangerous and impassable. Highway officials closed the road around midday Saturday because of the sinkhole.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 5:51pm Eastern Standard Time
A major southern Kentucky road is closed, because of a sinkhole.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 11:47pm Eastern Standard Time
Flintridge Drive affected by water main break.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 2:08am Eastern Standard Time
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A Springfield woman is suing the city over damage from a 20-foot sinkhole beneath her home. Cindy Forrest says she still is making $800 mortgage payments on her home even though the sinkhole forced the family to move.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 7:03pm Eastern Standard Time
Tualatin wedding singer gets "golden ticket" to American Idol. Sinkhole in SE Portland blocks traffic; businesses without water. Oregon House approves extension of jobless benefits. Southeast Portland homeowners will pay bicyclist's medical bills. Port of Vancouver expects growth in 2010, executive director says.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 5:43pm Eastern Standard Time
PORTLAND -- A water main break in Southeast Portland Wednesday night was causing flooding and a road closure that continued through Thursday. Officials with the Portland Water Bureau said a large truck hit a fire hydrant located at SE 112th & Division, causing a rupture on the eight-inch water main, which in turn, created a sinkhole. There was a traffic backup on SE Division Street, where two ...
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Posted: February th, 2010, 11:21am Eastern Standard Time
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - Officials believe a massive sinkhole which opened up in the parking lot next to a Duluth diner could cost half a million dollars to repair.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 8:23am Eastern Standard Time
Officials believe a massive sinkhole which opened up in the parking lot next to a Duluth diner could cost half a million dollars to repair. The hole opened up near the Georgia Diner.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 5:54am Eastern Standard Time
Patrons at the Georgia Diner in Duluth notice a huge sinkhole just outside the restaurant. | Video
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Posted: February th, 2010, 1:34am Eastern Standard Time
A sinkhole caused by a hit-and-run crash into a fire hydrant on Wednesday night has closed two lanes near Southeast Division Street and 109th Avenue in Portland. Jennie Day-Burget, a spokeswoman for the Portland Water Bureau, said they hope to have the lanes reopened by Friday.
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Posted: February th, 2010, 12:26am Eastern Standard Time
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Randolph Road is back open after Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities crews fixed a water pipe that broke on Tuesday, causing a sinkhole. Officials say the leaking water pipe was just one inch in diameter. Crews made repairs overnight in the 12-foot deep hole, patching a sewer line that was apparently damaged when the roadway collapsed. Cam Coley, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility ...
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Posted: February th, 2010, 12:00am Eastern Standard Time
Drivers in both directions on State Road 66, west of County Road 635, have been diverted to a one-lane bypass while a construction crew tears up the site of a sinkhole which first appeared June 21, 2000.
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Posted: February rd, 2010, 6:41pm Eastern Standard Time
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Crews trying to find the source of a sinkhole on Randolph Road Wednesday found a broken water pipe that sprayed water as they dug it out. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities believes the broken pipe caused the sinkhole that was discovered Tuesday afternoon. After the leaking pipe is replaced, crews will then replace 20 feet of sewer pipe before they can finally repave the road ...
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Posted: February st, 2010, 2:13am Eastern Standard Time
West Bay Boulevard South in Lake Wales is closed to through traffic from State Road 60 to East Bay Boulevard South for a distance of approximately 500 feet. The closure is required due to a sinkhole, according to county officials, who did not give any indication of the size of the hole, or any possible danger to structures in the area. This area will remain closed until county officials ...
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Posted: February st, 2010, 1:01am Eastern Standard Time
With the vote to cut 137 Maine Township High School District 207 teachers and employees looming today, the factors that led a district once lauded for its financial solvency into a deficit sinkhole have become somewhat clearer in recent days.