All lanes reopened on LIE after sinkhole

Department of Transportation workers repair a large sinkhole Friday morning, which opened on Thursday on the westbound LIE at Exit 49N in Melville. Credit: Joseph Sperber
All lanes of the Long Island Expressway reopened late Friday morning after emergency crews finished most of the repair work after a car fell into a large sinkhole Thursday afternoon.
Westbound lanes had been closed at Exit 49.
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