Sinkhole on Western Kentucky Parkway repaired

UPDATE: As engineers dug into the sinkhole they found it was only about 5 feet deep. The hole was filled back in and covered with concrete before 1 a.m. Sunday. Lane restrictions have been taken down. A crew will be back at this site next week to make final surface repairs.

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The Kentucky Transportation Cabinets  reported around 9 p.m. Saturday that a sinkhole on the Western Kentucky Parkway (Interstate 69) had opened up in Caldwell County, restricting traffic to one lane.

Northbound traffic was slowed and moved to the inside shoulder at this site, which is between the 76- and 77-mile marker, or between the Caldwell-Lyon County line and the Princeton exit. The almost five-foot diameter sinkhole opened up in the right-hand or driving lane.

Cabinet personnel planned to dig the hole out overnight, repack it with rock and cap it with concrete. This work zone lane restriction may remain in place until sometime Sunday afternoon to allow the cement used for the repair to set up.

Caution is required in this area.