The 40-foot-by-40-foot crater on the highway in Wharton was repaired and reopened to traffic around 8 a.m. Monday, the state Department of Transportation said. Officials previously said the reopening depended on whether the rainy weather delayed repairs.

Interstate 80 reopened through North Jersey on Monday morning, four days after a sinkhole swallowed the road and snarled traffic during the busy holiday weekend. Repair crews worked around the clock to fix the damage in Wharton, where a giant chunk of the right shoulder in the eastbound lanes collapsed on Thursday morning.

Interstate 80 reopened Monday in Wharton, New Jersey after emergency repairs to a massive sinkhole. Crews have been working around the clock to repair the busy roadway in Morris County after the 40-foot sinkhole opened up Thursday morning on the eastbound side.