Photo by Andrew Wiseman

Getting home from downtown D.C. today is going to be extra painful, with officials saying that it could take through tomorrow to close a sinkhole that opened this afternoon at the intersection of 14th and F streets NW.

The chasm, which is 15 feet deep, was cordoned off between noon and 1 p.m. Crews from the District Department of Transportation and DC Water have been on site since at least then, but repair work is expected to last through the evening, and perhaps for as long as two days, police said.

Currently, 14th Street is closed off between New York and Pennsylvania avenues NW, and F Street is blocked from 13th to 15th streets NW. The 52 and 54 Metrobus routes are also being diverted around the affected blocks.