That’s no pothole

Drivers in Wharton, N.J., discovered one more thing to worry about during the first days of winter after a sinkhole opened on Interstate 80, swallowing up the right shoulder and encroaching on a lane of traffic during morning rush hour on Dec. 26. State officials blamed the 40-foot-by-40-foot sinkhole on a collapsed abandoned mineshaft in the area. The massive hole snarled eastbound traffic, but road crews sprang into action and were able to fix the hole and reopen the interstate by Dec. 30.