A road in Nixa, Missouri that has been closed since May 12 after a county road foreman spotted the sinkhole, is reopening. The sinkhole measured about 2 feet in diameter but went back about 5 feet under the road, where it became about 5 feet deep. After several tests and borings done around the sinkhole, no other voids were found. However, the ground was to unstable to fill and repave. Crews used geogrid to reinforce the roadway, basically creating a structural bridge over the void. To accomplish that, a 100-by-24-foot section of the roadway, going about 5 feet deep, was removed.

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