SOUTH COAST Interstate 195 closes in both directions at the Taunton Avenue interchange in East Providence at 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, for the Potter Street Bridge demolition, the one full highway shutdown on this weekend's listings.
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation says lanes start closing at 9 p.m. Friday, some lanes reopen by 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, and all lanes are due open by noon. RIDOT is telling drivers to find another route and stay off I-195 during the closure. The detours through Warren Avenue and Broadway are in SC360's story on the closure.
On the Massachusetts side, MassDOT lists no lane closures on I-195, I-495 or Route 24 in our area on Saturday or during the day Sunday. Its night lane closures come back Sunday evening on I-195 in Swansea, Westport, New Bedford and Fairhaven and on I-495 near Taunton, most of them running through Thursday night.
East Providence and the Washington Bridge
Three on-ramps to I-195 West close during the demolition, RIDOT's travel advisory says: Warren Avenue westbound at the East Shore Expressway, Pawtucket Avenue and Broadway. Drivers who usually pick up the highway in East Providence will need the signed local detours until the road reopens Saturday.
Once I-195 reopens, the Washington Bridge setup stays as it has been. RIDOT says bypass lanes for westbound traffic from East Providence to Providence remain open, with three lanes in each direction running on the eastbound bridge, and it tells drivers to expect delays.
Taunton and Raynham
Route 44 eastbound in Taunton has roadwork between Route 140 and Route 104, work MassDOT lists as starting Wednesday, Nov. 4, and lasting about a month. The listing gives no daily hours. Just east of there, between Route 104 and Route 24 in Raynham, Route 44 has roadwork in both directions from 5 to 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Sunday night: I-195, I-495 and Route 25
I-195 eastbound in Swansea loses some lanes between Route 136 and Exit 10 (Route 103) from 8 p.m. to 4:30 a.m., starting Sunday, Nov. 8, and continuing Monday through Thursday nights. Over the same hours and nights, I-195 westbound has lane closures between Exit 19 and Exit 14 (Route 24), a stretch MassDOT lists in Westport.
Between Exit 24 (Route 140) in New Bedford and Exit 27 in Fairhaven, I-195 has lane closures in both directions from 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights. MassDOT's listing leaves out Wednesday night, Nov. 11.
MassDOT also lists night roadwork on I-195 eastbound between Exit 10 (Route 103) in Somerset and Exit 11 (Route 138) in Fall River from 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday and Tuesday nights. In Wareham, Route 25 has lane closures in both directions from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights.
On I-495, some lanes close at night in both directions between Route 123 and Route 138, a stretch MassDOT lists in Taunton, from 8 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights.
Route 6, Route 18 and Route 140
Route 6 between Route 105 in Marion and Route 25 in Wareham still has some lanes closed in both directions, and MassDOT's listing, last updated Tuesday, Nov. 3, says that will last for the next two months. The rest of this week's daytime lane closures on Route 6 in Swansea, Somerset, Fall River, Westport and Marion, on Route 18 southbound in New Bedford and on Route 140 northbound in Taunton were listed only through Friday afternoon. MassDOT has posted Route 6 lane closures again for Monday in Seekonk, Swansea, Somerset, Westport, Dartmouth and Marion, all between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Newly posted: Route 24 and Route 79 in Fall River
Route 24 southbound has night lane closures between Exit 2 and the Rhode Island line in Fall River from 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, to 4 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13, with a 12-foot width limit, MassDOT's listings show.
MassDOT has also posted night lane closures on Route 79 northbound in Fall River between Route 138 and Exit 7 (Route 24), from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday nights, Nov. 11 and 12, with a 12-foot width limit.
Closures already announced
The Route 44 weekend mornings were first listed in SC360's roads story for the week of Nov. 2. In New Bedford, the I-195 westbound exit ramp to Route 18 South and the entrance ramp from Route 18 North stay closed for long-term roadwork, MassDOT's listings show. The Scadding Street bridge in Taunton stays closed with its detour, as described in SC360's Scadding Street story.
RIDOT says its closure schedule can change with the weather. The National Weather Service has a flood watch in effect until 10 a.m. Saturday, as SC360's weather story reports.
MassDOT revises these listings as the week goes on. The hours here are the ones it had posted Friday, Nov. 6, at about 12:45 p.m.
Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.
Notes
Every fact comes from the agencies' own records: MassDOT's planned roadwork events on Mass511, which we read Nov. 6 between 11:17 and 11:24 a.m., checking each event's start time and keeping its event number; the Rhode Island Department of Transportation's travel advisories for Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, read Nov. 6 at 11:26 a.m.; and the National Weather Service's flood watch. Our copy desk read the Mass511 listings again at 12:45 p.m. and the RIDOT advisories at 12:44 p.m., added the events MassDOT had posted since the first read, and confirmed every time against them. Road names, exits and town labels are printed as the listings give them. We checked each date and weekday against a calendar: Nov. 3 is a Tuesday, Nov. 4 a Wednesday, Nov. 5 a Thursday, Nov. 6 a Friday, Nov. 7 a Saturday, Nov. 8 a Sunday, Nov. 9 a Monday, Nov. 11 a Wednesday, Nov. 12 a Thursday and Nov. 13 a Friday. Work outside our area, and closures already reported in our earlier stories, are left out or linked.
Corrections
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Sources (4)
- Rhode Island Department of Transportation, Statewide Travel Advisories, October 31 to November 6, 2026I-195 East and West closed at the Taunton Avenue interchange in East Providence for the Potter St. Bridge demolition, lane closures from 9 p.m. Nov. 6, all lanes closed at 10 p.m., lanes reopening by 10 a.m. and all open by noon Nov. 7; three I-195 West on-ramps closed; Washington Bridge bypass lanes, three lanes each way on the eastbound bridge. Read Nov. 6, 2026, 11:26 a.m.
- Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Mass511 planned and current roadwork events for the South CoastMassDOT's own event listings, each kept with its event number: I-195 eastbound in Swansea from Sunday night (WZM1040393), I-195 westbound Exit 19 to Exit 14 (WZM1040396), I-195 between Exit 24 and Exit 27 (WZM1040621), I-495 northbound and southbound between Route 123 and Route 138 (WZM1040394, WZM1040395), Route 44 eastbound between Route 140 and Route 104 (WZM1040422), Route 44 between Route 104 and Route 24 Saturday and Sunday mornings (WZM1039964), Route 6 between Route 105 and Route 25 (WZM1019643), Route 79 northbound in Fall River (WZM1040404), Friday's daytime Route 6, Route 18 and Route 140 events (WZM1039324, WZM1039337, WZM1039395, WZM1039476, WZM1039480, WZM1039490, WZM1039496, WZM1039497, WZM1039498, WZM1039786, WZM1039788, WZM1039617, WZM1039388, WZM1039611) and Monday's Route 6 events (WZM1040463, WZM1040469, WZM1040622, WZM1040215, WZM1040433, WZM1040447, WZM1040515, WZM1040201, WZM1040208, WZM1040202, WZM1040176, WZM1040196, WZM1040514), the I-195 ramps at Route 18 (WZM1010294, WZM1010295) and Scadding Street (WZM1017773). Most posted or updated Nov. 5 and 6, 2026. Read Nov. 6, 2026, 11:17 a.m. to 11:24 a.m., and read again by Copy at 12:45 p.m.
- Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Mass511 listings added Nov. 6, 2026: Route 24, I-195 Somerset to Fall River, Route 25 and Route 6 SeekonkRoute 24 southbound between Exit 2 and the Rhode Island State Line in Fall River, Thursday 8:30 p.m. to 4 a.m., some lanes closed, 12-foot width limit, starting Nov. 12 (WZM1040239, WZM1040240); I-195 eastbound between Exit 10 (Route 103) in Somerset and Exit 11 (Route 138) in Fall River, nighttime roadwork Sunday and Tuesday 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. (WZM1040534); Route 25 westbound between Exit 10 (Route 28) and Exit 1 and eastbound between Exit 1 and Exit 3, listed in Wareham, Sunday through Thursday 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., some lanes closed (WZM1040363, WZM1040364); US 6 westbound between Route 136 in Rehoboth and Route 114A in Seekonk, Monday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (WZM1040131). Read by Copy Nov. 6, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
- National Weather Service Boston/Norton, Flood Watch for Bristol CountyFlood Watch issued Nov. 6 at 12:54 a.m. until Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. Read Nov. 6, 2026, 12:49 p.m.