Large sinkhole opens on Mass. highway

The two right lanes on Route 24 southbound were closed for hours Sunday due to a sinkhole about a lane wide and two feet deep.

Two lanes were closed for hours on Route 24 after a large sinkhole opened up near Stoughton Sunday evening, officials said.

Massachusetts State Police announced just after 2 p.m. that the two right lanes heading southbound near mile 37 were closed due to the sinkhole. At 8 p.m., police said “temporary repairs” allowed traffic to flow again.

A reporter with WCVB at the scene described the sinkhole as about a lane wide and two feet deep. Their video of the scene showed crawling traffic and a busy construction site.

The sinkhole caused delays for travelers heading to Cape Cod for the holiday week. See Boston.com’s traffic map to see live traffic conditions across the state.