Caltrans will continue its ongoing makeover of the Bay Bridge Friday night, closing more than two miles of eastbound lanes so workers can coat the steel beams and trusses in metallic gray paint.
As usual, the state agency has tried to schedule work for times when few people are driving. Friday’s paint project will start with one lane closure at 11 p.m., beginning just after the Sterling Street on-ramp and extending nearly to Yerba Buena Island.
By midnight, crews will have blocked off two lanes, then three at 1 a.m. and four at 3 a.m., stymying any motorist who departs late from a pre-Halloween bar crawl or block party. Officials will reopen the lanes at 7 a.m. Saturday…