Millbrook Road reopens after city crews finish sinkhole repairs

RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) -- Millbrook Road reopened Saturday afternoon after city crews spent weeks repairing the damage from a sinkhole.

Originally, Raleigh City officials said repairs would be finished Monday.

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On June 1, a sinkhole appeared on Millbrook Road westbound near Shelley Lake causing major traffic delays for Raleigh residents.

Utilities said a 24-inch sewer main collapsed and caused the hole. It was a cast iron pipe, which suggests it is likely old, perhaps decades old.