sinkhole
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A sinkhole has closed lanes to north- and southbound traffic on Colorado 67 north of Cripple Creek as crews work to determine its severity.

According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, crews closed the area between mile markers 53 and 56 around 10:30 a.m. Saturday and are diverting traffic to local county roads.

Drivers also are encouraged to use a detour in place at Teller County Road 82.

The hole was originally called in at 2 feet wide, but, according to a report by The (Colorado Springs) Gazette, when crews arrived it had grown to about 5 feet wide and 20 feet deep.

Stacey Stegman, CDOT spokeswoman, told The Gazette the hole was over a mine shaft. In similar cases, mine shafts are typically filled with concrete.

There was no estimated time for reopening.