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A Sinkhole Named ‘Steve:' CHP Names Big Hole on Highway 13 in Oakland

It may not be the biggest sinkhole in the world.

But it’s possibly the only one with a name. At least a name conceived by the California Highway Patrol.

The CHP Oakland division named a sinkhole along Highway 13 “Steve” on Monday morning. “Please be careful as you pass Steve on southbound 13 in Oakland,” the CHP tweeted.

Later in the day, CHP tweeted out a video of crews filling up Steve with cement, thus marking its end. "No!!!!!!! Look what they are doing to Steve! #SteveTheSinkhole," they tweeted around 4:30 p.m.

And then for Steve's creation story: “Steve was born this morning at about 5:20 a.m. on southbound SR-13 just north of Broadway Terrace," the CHP wrote on Facebook. "Steve is approximately 5 feet in diameter and 10 feet deep.”

As far as the CHP Oakland knows, it could be the first time a sinkhole has ever been named. (Though, no agency is known to really track the naming of sinkholes.)

As for why Steve?

The CHP tweeted: "Why not?"

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