{"id":272361,"date":"2026-05-15T15:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/272361\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:34:17","slug":"sinkhole-shuts-down-section-of-wymore-road-in-maitland-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/272361\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinkhole shuts down section of Wymore Road in Maitland, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">MAITLAND, Fla. &#8211; A section of Wymore Road in Maitland is closed after a 20-foot-wide sinkhole formed underneath both lanes of the road, according to city officials.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The depression was spotted just after 12 a.m. on Friday, the city said.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wofl-wymore-road-sinkhole-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">A 20-foot-wide depression formed underneath Wymore Road in Maitland, prompting city officials to close the road. (Credit: City of Maitland) <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/fox-local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Wymore Road is closed between Oranole Road and Hope Road.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">City officials said no structures are being impacted and that the depression does not appear to be growing. Drivers and residents are asked to avoid the area until further notice.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wofl-wymore-road-sinkhole-maitland.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">A 20-foot-wide depression formed underneath Wymore Road in Maitland, prompting city officials to close the road.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#8217;S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The city and Orange County have set up detours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to Maitland officials, Wymore Road is maintained by the county, and it would be up to the county to handle repairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officials said they don&#8217;t have a timeline on how long that would take.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written with information from the city of Maitland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\/maitland\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maitland<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orange County News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MAITLAND, Fla. &#8211; A section of Wymore Road in Maitland is closed after a 20-foot-wide sinkhole formed underneath&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,4774,115,1335,139,141,140,628],"class_list":["post-272361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-maitland","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}