© Julie PfisterThis vehicle barely avoided a sinkhole on Country Club Road Wednesday morning. The sinkhole is the result of a water main break. The road is closed until further notice
The busted main created a sinkhole roughly 10 feet across and five feet deep on Country Club Road. The break was discovered early Wednesday morning when a vehicle barely avoided resulting sinkhole.
"The city's first and strongest concern is making sure that nobody was injured," said Chadron's public works director Milo Rust.
The driver and passenger were able to mostly avoid the sinkhole but the rear of their SUV did fall in to the edge of it, and they suffered bumps and bruises, Rust said.
The water main carries water from the city dams as part of the city's distribution system but is currently dedicated to providing water only to the golf course. No other customers are impacted by the break.
The pipe cracked along a 100-foot section. Rust said it's hard to tell what caused it to fail, but noted that it's a shallow line and recent sub-zero temperatures may have adversely impacted it.
Country Club Road has been closed from both directions and will remain that way until at least Friday.
"We are hoping to get it repaired this week and have the road at least partially open for traffic," Rust said.
© Julie PfisterThis water main south of Chadron suffered a crack along a section of pipe approximately 100 feet long, according to Chadron public works director Milo Rust.
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