Sinkhole closed Garden State Parkway earlier this week

[roadman65]

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/06/13/sinkhole-closes-garden-state-parkway-in-egg-harbor-twp/
Apparently Florida is not the only place they occur.  Must of been something to be there, though.

[deathtopumpkins]

We had a sinkhole in Somerville, Mass partially swallow a garbage truck on Friday. It can happen pretty much anywhere.

[roadman65]

We had a sinkhole in Somerville, Mass partially swallow a garbage truck on Friday. It can happen pretty much anywhere.

Not in Benton Harbor, MI as I had to explain to a gentleman who moved to Orlando from there what one was.  He said he never heard of them until he just moved here.   He said MI does not get them.

However, for New Jersey that must of come as a shock.  My cousin works for the Parkway, I have not talked to him, but want to as he is away today.  I will find out some more juicy details from the inside and let you know.

[dfilpus]

Northeast Michigan is riddled with sinkholes, due to the limestone cave network just below the surface. Benton Harbor, on the other hand, is on sand which down not form sinkholes.

[Brandon]

On the other side of the Lake, sinkholes usually form from a lack of maintenance on water mains.  Every so often, you'll hear about another one forming along a street or at a corner in Chicago when the water main under it burst.  Last one swallowed three cars.

[NE2]

http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/karst/kig2002/jbe_map.html
Sinkholes are most likely here.

[SteveG1988]

It probably occured due to the past week of afternoon storms

[JREwing78]

On the other side of the Lake, sinkholes usually form from a lack of maintenance on water mains.  Every so often, you'll hear about another one forming along a street or at a corner in Chicago when the water main under it burst.  Last one swallowed three cars.

http://ktla.com/2013/04/18/video-sinkhole-swallows-3-cars-in-chicago/

[Alps]

There was one on the Parkway SB by the Raritan River not too long ago, but that was due to an underground water main.

[cpzilliacus]

We had a sinkhole in Somerville, Mass partially swallow a garbage truck on Friday. It can happen pretty much anywhere.

There have been several on I-70 in Frederick County, Maryland.  Apparently that section of I-70 runs over Karst topography, which can (and sometimes does) result in sinkholes.

[Avalanchez71]

Not much in the way of karst in NJ according to that map.

[PHLBOS]

In Toledo, OH; a sinkhole litterally swallowed a car.

http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2013/07/04/Giant-sinkhole-swallows-car.html