The 40-foot-by-40-foot crater on the highway in Wharton was repaired and reopened to traffic around 8 a.m. Monday, the state Department of Transportation said. Officials previously said the reopening depended on whether the rainy weather delayed repairs.

Interstate 80 reopened through North Jersey on Monday morning, four days after a sinkhole swallowed the road and snarled traffic during the busy holiday weekend. Repair crews worked around the clock to fix the damage in Wharton, where a giant chunk of the right shoulder in the eastbound lanes collapsed on Thursday morning.

A sinkhole on I-80 in New Jersey is causing delays and detours Thursday as crews work to plan repairs. The sinkhole opened on Interstate 80 eastbound in Wharton in Morris County. The state Department of Transportation is warning motorists to expect delays through the area and to consider alternate routes.

A huge sinkhole on I-80 in New Jersey has been filled and the highway reopened Monday after emergency repairs were made. The 40-foot sinkhole on I-80 in Wharton had completely shut down the eastbound lanes for nearly four days,

I-80 eastbound is officially reopened after days of constant work to repair a massive sinkhole. The sinkhole first opened up around 7:45 a.m. Thursday just past Exit 34 in Wharton, swallowing a portion of the shoulder and encroaching on the right lane going eastbound.