Travelers heading west on Route 80 will also be affected by the sinkhole work at the end of the week, according to a local mayor.

State Department of Transportation crews are using radar to examine the soil within that hole and in the surrounding ground on which the interstate sits.

NJDOT worked through a snowstorm to fill in an 11-foot by 11-foot sinkhole on I-80 east in Wharton as repairs continue.

ROXBURY TWP. - New Jersey DOT officials closed all eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 at Exit 34 in Wharton on Monday, Feb. 10.