In addition to the ongoing daily lane closures, night-time closures on the Mt. Hope Bridge are set to begin, which will occasionally shut down the bridge entirely for a short time.

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority is scheduled begin night work on the bridge on Sunday, Nov. 6, a project that should last two weeks. Workers will begin at 9 p.m. each night, wrapping up by 5:30 a.m., ahead of the morning rush hour, RITBA announced. The work will require the bridge to close entirely at times for periods of up to 15 minutes, the authority said.

The night project is in addition to the daytime work that began in early October. RITBA is working on the bridge daily, beginning after 9 a.m. and finishing up in mid-afternoon before the evening rush. No work will take place on Friday or Saturday nights, RITBA has said.

The Mt. Hope Bridge job is part of RITBA’s 10-year, $223 million capital plan to maintain and enhance the safety of all four major bridges — Mt. Hope, Newport Pell, Jamestown Verrezzano and Sakonnet River. About $50 million has been set aside for the Mt. Hope Bridge, which is slated for repairs to the steel superstructure, main cable rehabilitation and dehumidification, and bridge deck repairs in an attempt to avoid a full deck replacement on the nearly 90-year-old span.

The Mt. Hope Bridge job begins could last for the next two and a half years.

Work began with RITBA fixing potholes and the delaminating the concrete overlay on the bridge deck. Workers are expected to repeat the step in 2017 and as needed going forward.

RITBA will replace the south approach slab from the Boyd’s Lane/Bristol Ferry Road intersection to the bridge on the Portsmouth side. Working from a barge, contractors will also repair cracks and chips mainly on the north face of the anchorage concrete wall on the Portsmouth side, with some work on the south face as well. (The east and west faces were previously repaired.)

RITBA will also test three different concrete and asphalt overlay materials in preparation for a future overlay project. The work will be done overnight and RITBA will be monitoring the results to select the best material.

After that work is complete, RITBA will undergo painting and steel repair on the south approach. RITBA has already finished similar work to the north approach on the Bristol side.

In a job expected to take two years, everything will be blasted to bare metal before painting, and steel will be repaired and rivets replaced as necessary. Everything that’s blasted away will be contained so it doesn’t go into the water or in neighborhoods, according to RITBA.

To get the latest on construction activity and real-time traffic, visit RITBA’s traffic site at ritba.org. The site provides the latest information concerning lane closures, construction activity and traffic delays for all bridges, as well as the Route 138 Connector.