Iron, and mining for the mineral, has defined Wharton, New Jersey, for much of its history — since even before the town was named.

ROCKAWAY – Two eastbound left lanes of sinkhole-plagued Route 80 near Exit 37 were closed for emergency repairs beginning at 5 p.m. Monday, May 12, because of a collapsed sewer ...

Reporter David Zimmer contributed to this story. This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Sinkhole repair on Route 80 faces tricky geophysics. Here's why ...

There are 10 separate mines with entrances thought to be located within a few hundred feet of the interstate where it meets Route 15. Most, if not all, are connected to one or more vertical shafts.

The timeline for reopening of Route 80 in Wharton has been pushed back as construction is taking longer than expected. All lanes in both directions are on schedule to reopen by June 25.

Thought to be directly under the Avalon Wharton housing complex and Interstate 80 near the sinkholes, the mine was worked from 1786 until 1896, U.S. Geological Survey records show.

Once called the Bergen-Passaic-Delaware Expressway, Interstate 80 in New Jersey was a $387 million mash-up of projects built more than 50 years ago. One isn't working out. In early February, a ...