APEX, N.C. (WTVD) -- Wednesday's heavy rain left a trail of damage and flooded out roadways in areas across the Triangle.

In Southwestern Wake County, Olive Chapel Road, a main east-west artery through Apex, saw some of the worst damage when a large sinkhole formed over Beaver Creek, closing the road indefinitely. That damage is creating traffic headaches for those trying to get from downtown Apex to the area near 540.

"For me to go to Apex, I have to drive all the way around and come up 64 and then come back around. So it'll be an aggravation," said Charles Pope, a homeowner whose property sits next to the sinkhole.

On Thursday, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) said it will be upgrading the culvert at Beaver Creek, where the sinkhole formed, at a cost of more th

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