Photo feature: No longer a sinking hole

Published 12:08 am Sunday, August 17, 2014

Uretek employees Jeremy Butler, left, and Quontavious Holmes, right, pump polyurethane between the rocks filling a sinkhole in the exit lane from John R. Junkin Drive to U.S. 61 South Saturday. The sinkhole was discovered last week, and crews have determined it was caused by pipes causing the soil to erode. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Uretek employees Jeremy Butler, left, and Quontavious Holmes, right, pump polyurethane between the rocks filling a sinkhole in the exit lane from John R. Junkin Drive to U.S. 61 South Saturday. The sinkhole was discovered last week, and crews have determined it was caused by pipes causing the soil to erode. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

 

At top, a backhoe is used to move a mixture of rock and recycled asphalt product into the sinkhole. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

At top, a backhoe is used to move a mixture of rock and recycled asphalt product into the sinkhole. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)