Closings that had been scheduled on the Thomas Hatem Memorial Bridge next week have been called off because the Maryland Transportation Authority completed one phase of the current deck replacement project early.

The westbound lanes of the bridge, which takes U.S. 40  over the Susquehanna River, had been scheduled for closing overnight Monday through Thursday to set the grid deck for part of the project. But that work has been completed, making the closings unnecessary.

That doesn't mean the end of regular closings on the bridge, because the redecking itself isn't expected to be finished until fall 2011.