UPDATE: Sinkhole Closes Highway 17 Between White River and Wawa

Original release below (scroll past update to view).

WAWA, ON – A sinkhole near Obatanga Provincial Park, where construction had been ongoing to replace a culvert, closed a stretch of Highway 17 between White River and Wawa for several hours this morning, but one lane has now been opened.

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From SUPERIOR EAST OPP:

DAHL TOWNSHIP, ON – On July 20, 2018, at 10:33 a.m., members from the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a sink hole on Highway 17 near Obatanga Provincial Park in Dahl Township in between White River and Wawa.

Highway 17 is closed and there is no time estimate on when Highway 17 will be reopened.

No detours.

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