Drivers planning to use the Hood Canal Bridge in the late evening or early morning hours should note that work crews will intermittently close the bridge over a series of consecutive nights, beginning Monday evening, Oct. 15.

Scheduled night intermittent closures will occur as follows. During the hours listed, crews will open the bridge to traffic on occasion to help relieve congestion. The openings to traffic are unscheduled and performed as work allows, state transportation officials said.

Work hours include:

• 10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, until 1 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16

• 10 p.m. Tuesday. Oct. 16, until 4 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17

• 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, until 4 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18

• 10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, until 4 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19

• 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, until 4 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20

The closures allow crews to move toward completion of a project to repair or replace equipment that operate the bridge’s drawspan, state officials said.

The Washington State Department of Transportation anticipates the need for an additional round of night bridge closures to complete the work. Dates and times for those closures will be announced as they are scheduled.

Drivers are encouraged to sign up for WSDOT email updates and check the WSDOT Hood Canal Bridge web page for up to the minute bridge information.

Other driver tools include WSDOT signing up for Hood Canal Bridge text messages:

• Send a text message to 468311 with the words “wsdot hood”

• To unsubscribe send a text message to the same number with the words “wsdot stop”

See www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr104/hoodcanalbridgespecialrepair/ for more about the project.

Go to public.govdelivery.com/accounts/WADOT/subscriber/new?topic_id=WADOT_190 for updates.

For more about the Hood Canal Bridge, see www.wsdot.com/traffic/hoodcanal/default.aspx.