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Sinkhole repaired; 5th Street in Midtown reopens

City of Atlanta workers have finished paving over a sinkhole on 5th Street in Midtown. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
City of Atlanta workers have finished paving over a sinkhole on 5th Street in Midtown. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
By Steve Burns
May 17, 2017

Another Atlanta traffic disruption has been repaired.

City officials said Wednesday that 5th Street has reopened at Cypress Street after a sinkhole was paved over.

“Repairs completed and road is fully open and operational,” City of Atlanta Public Works officials told Channel 2 Action News.

The sinkhole appeared in Midtown on April 19, and officials still are not sure what caused it.

RELATED: Sinkhole update: 5th Street reopening pushed back

The sinkhole was among several major traffic impediments in metro Atlanta in recent weeks. There was the fiery I-85 bridge collapse, the chemical spill by a tractor-trailer on the Downtown Connector and the buckling of I-20 in DeKalb County.

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