Updated 4:24 p.m. Dec. 12

Washington Gas has placed wooden boards over a hole that opened up at the 3200 block of Prospect Street on Sunday, the site of construction by the utility company. Crews will continue work on the main over the next few weeks before putting a permanent fix in place. 

The District Department of Transportation has asked motorists to avoid the area. Cars are able to get by the hole, which is about 8 feet wide by 12 feet long in from of the Bangkok Bistro restaurant.

The manager of a nearby restaurant, who didn't want his name revealed, said he didn't see the hole at 9:30 a.m. today, but discovered it about 10 a.m.