PROVIDENCE – The overnight closures of Route 95 through this city are finished – at least for now.

There could be another one or two closures of the highway between exits 18 to 20 in Providence, but weeks down the road, Department of Transportation spokeswoman Dana Alexander Nolfe said this morning.

The lanes have been closed so that workers can assemble the ramp to connect Route 195 west -- in the process of being relocated -- to Route 95 south, and a new ramp to the Rhode Island Hospital area.

Later this summer, the highway will have to be closed again when construction crews build the overpass to connect Route 95 south to Route 195 east.

Overnight work connecting the westbound lanes of Route 195 to Route 95 south will continue next week.

But at least one lane will stay open to allow traffic to move through the work zone, Nolfe said. Throughout the summer, overnight work at times will close up to three of the four lanes in either direction of Route 95, she said.

The next scheduled night of work is Sunday, weather permitting. Right now, the forecast calls for today's rainy skies to become mostly cloudy, with a chance of showers, by then.

Last night, the highway closed as planned around 11 p.m. but reopened at 1:55 a.m. due to the wet weather – the earliest re-opening of the 13 nights scheduled for the project. The DOT has met its pledge to re-open the roadway by 5:30 a.m. each morning.

Last night’s rain prevented the crews from installing another steel beam over the highway, but Nolfe said they were able to double-check the connections and installations done so far.