The Massachusetts Turnpike west was closed for emergency repairs at the interchange with Interstate 495 Friday morning because of road settling amid construction that could have created a large sinkhole, officials said.
There was a “risk of a major sinkhole opening up,” Massachusetts’ top highway official, Jonathan Gulliver, said in a news conference Friday afternoon.
He was hoping to have one lane of the highway reopened by about 2 p.m., but expected at least some lane closures through 8 p.m.
For people headed west in Massachusetts on Friday evening, Gulliver said, “if you have another area that you can reroute to … choose that area.”
This is a breaking news update. Read an earlier version of this story below.
A section of the Massachusetts Turnpike was shut down in Framingham Friday morning as the Massachusetts Department of Transportation makes emergency repairs to the roadway
MassDOT officials were expected to give an update on the repair work at about 1 p.m. Watch atop this story.
The westbound side of the highway is closed at the I-495 interchange after a trench developed in the right lane near a construction area, according to MassDOT. Traffic is being detoured off the Pike onto Route 9 at exit 111.
MassDOT warns that detours and delays on the westbound side of the highway near I-495 in the area could last several hours.
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Drivers should expect delays in the area. MassDOT did not give a timeline for how long the work may take.
The incident comes a week after a chunk of concrete fell on the roadway in a tunnel through the Pike in Boston.
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