NW 135th St. & NW 42nd Ave. — Site of July Water-Main Collapse
A stretch of Northwest 79th Street in Northwest Miami-Dade buckled Wednesday, opening a sinkhole that left a tractor-trailer and a sedan stuck in the roadway and forced a full closure in both directions. The collapse also disrupted local Metrorail service, affecting the area during the workday.
Road Shut Down Between 27th and 32nd Avenues
According to WPLG Local 10, the tractor-trailer and sedan became stuck as the ground gave way beneath Northwest 79th Street. As reported by WSVN, the sinkhole opened along Northwest 79th Street between 27th and 32nd avenues, prompting officials to shut the road down in both directions and disrupting local Metrorail service.
The closure affects a stretch of Northwest Miami-Dade, and the station’s report did not specify a timeline for reopening the road or restoring normal Metrorail operations. It also remains unclear from available reporting whether a ruptured water main caused the ground to collapse or whether the collapse itself damaged underlying utility lines.
A Pattern of Ground Collapses Across Northwest Miami-Dade
Wednesday’s collapse is not an isolated event in the area. In July, a semi-truck fell into a sinkhole caused by a water main rupture at Northwest 135th Street and Northwest 42nd Avenue in nearby Opa-locka, according to WPLG Local 10 — an incident Hoodline also covered in its report on the Opa-locka truck rescue…