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By: Erin Calandra

FERGUSON TOWNSHIP, Centre County, Pa. -- A street in Ferguson Township, Centre County is expected to reopen Wednesday morning after a sinkhole opened up over the weekend.

Saratoga Drive is closed because of the sinkhole that opened up Sunday evening.

"We got down to 15 feet and felt that we had fairly hard material to start back filling," Road Supervisor Steven McDonald said.

Severe Weather Team 6 meteorologists said we had the wettest June on record, and it didn't stop there. Thunderstorms have battered Happy Valley over the last week, which may have caused the damage.

"With all the rain, I'm sure we're not the only ones experiencing a sinkhole," McDonald said. "I'm sure they are throughout Centre County."

The one on Saratoga Drive is about 20 feet long by 20 feet wide.

"Very typical. They vary in depth and width depending on if you hit solid lime rock," McDonald said.

Ferguson Township officials said the Centre Region is known as "Sinkhole Alley."

"If you travel east from here toward State College Borough, (there's) a fair amount of sinkholes that have popped up over the years," McDonald said.

The one on Saratoga Drive is just more visible because it's in the middle of a residential road.

We're told no homes are in danger, and the road is expected to reopen Wednesday morning.