Lanes reopen as crews work to repair sinkhole on LIE in Melville
Repairs to a sinkhole that opened Thursday on the Long Island Expressway at Exit 49 have snarled morning rush hour traffic.
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Drivers headed westbound on the Long Island Expressway hit worse-than-usual rush hour traffic Friday morning as crews worked to repair a large sinkhole. The New York State Department of Transportation said that the sinkhole appears to have been caused by a contractor working on a local municipal sewage project.
The DOT said work began Thursday evening to install new asphalt pavement.
Th two right lanes at exit 49 were closed for hours, but around 7 a.m., a spokesperson for the Suffolk Police Department said the center lane was reopened. The right lane also reopened a few hours later.
The DOT said they plan on fully reopening the LIE some time today.
