(East Providence, RI) -- Rhode Island Department of Transportation officials are promising to find a way to ease traffic congestion on Interstate 195. Motorists going from East Providence to Providence were crawling on Monday due to a lane shift accommodating reconstruction work on the Washington Bridge, plus this week starts the long-term closure of the Gano [[ GAY-noe ]] Street exit in Providence. A RIDOT spokesperson is urging drivers to stay in their lanes to allow for better traffic flow, and the DOT is also installing additional barrels along the Taunton Avenue on-ramp in East Providence to help alleviate the logjam, according to The Providence Journal.