Large enough for a person to fall into, the hole is some 35 feet deep, and repairs should take up to two months. Contractors will dig more than 30 feet through sandstone and limestone, assess the extent of the damage and then rebuild the sanitary tunnel.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - West 7th Street has reopened in downtown St. Paul after a sinkhole in the roadway closed the street. West 7th Street has reopened to local business traffic after a sinkhole had the roadway closed. The street will have one lane of traffic in each direction from Grand Avenue to Kellogg Boulevard.

An "unexpected" sinkhole has closed a section of St. Paul's busy West 7th Street on Friday evening – with the city warning that repairs could take up to two months. The City of St. Paul says it has been forced to close the road between Kellogg Boulevard to Grand Avenue to vehicles after the sinkhole appeared on Thursday evening.