A "void" has been discovered on I-80 in Wharton, N.J., near two sinkholes that were found earlier this month and in December.

A “significant” void sits underneath the eastbound lanes of I-80 near Exit 34 in Wharton, Morris County, according to findings from an initial New Jersey Department of Transportation study prompted after a possible sinkhole emerged earlier this month.

A “significant void” sits just below the pavement of a New Jersey highway that’s been beset by random sinkholes over the last few months — and state officials say it may take a while to repair. The New Jersey Department of Transportation has closed Interstate 80’s eastbound lanes in the Morris County town of Wharton twice in the last three months after reports that the ground was falling away.

The Transportation Department found a "significant void" under Route 80 east in Wharton, weeks after a second sinkhole closed the highway.

A “significant void” was discovered underneath Interstate 80 in Morris County, New Jersey, which means repairs in the area will take longer than initially expected, authorities said Thursday.