A section of Route 59 was closed for a time in Rockland County’s Airmont village on Monday, Jan. 12, after a large pothole became a sinkhole, the Ramapo police said.
The section of road, from Brookside Avenue to Campbell Avenue/Hemion Road, was reopened as of 11:55 p.m. on Monday, according to a police news release.
The highway department and the state Department of Transportation was notified, the police said.
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This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Why was a portion of Route 59 in Airmont closed Jan. 12? What we know
Reporting by Michael P. McKinney, Rockland/Westchester Journal News / Rockland/Westchester Journal News
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