The M25 has returned to normal after workers finally repaired a sinkhole that developed along the entire width of a lane at junction nine.
The hole, which police said measured 16ft long and 11.8in deep caused chaos on the roads with tailbacks and some drivers described how they tried to get past the hole only to shred their tires.
Engineers had been working for days to repair the damage with heavy rain being blamed for not allowing the concrete to set properly which made the job harder to do.
The sinkhole was eventually filled yesterday and traffic has now returned to normal after some drivers going towards Gatwick Airport yesterday said they'd missed their flight as disruption lasted for a few more hours.