Southbound lanes on a major Marion County highway officially reopened on Sunday after a large sinkhole opened up alongside the roadway the previous afternoon.
Lanes on U.S. Highway 301/U.S. 441, at the roadway’s intersection with Highway 329, were temporarily closed by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday after a deep hole formed on the shoulder of the southbound side of the roadway.
The sudden depression forced officials to temporarily shut down one southbound lane of the highway while road crews and emergency personnel responded to the scene.
Photographs from the incident show a massive, steep-sided chasm that opened in the grassy shoulder, eroding the dirt right up to the edge of the paved asphalt…