Look out for a semitrailer truck parked on the left shoulder of northbound 494 at Valley View Road in Eden Prairie. Initial word is that the big rig tangled with an animal.
A fender bender on the right shoulder of southbound 35W at County Road I is creating a minor slow down through Shoreview.
The second car-deer crash of the morning occured on southbound 35E at County Road 14. The driver is moving off the freeway onto the exit ramp.
A reminder for St. Paul drivers. Snelling Avenue over I-94 in the Midway is now closed for the next two weeks for utility work.
Here are some current travel times:
North metro
Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 16 minutes
Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 10 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 11 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 9 minutes. Eastbound is 10 minutes.
West metro
Eastbound 94 from County 37 in Alberville to 494: 25 minutes
Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 8 minutes
Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 9 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 13 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 13 minutes
South metro
Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 9 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 15 minutes.
Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 10 minutes
Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 17 minutes
Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 11 minutes
Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 7 minutes
Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 8 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 5 minutes
Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 8 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 6 minutes
East metro
Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 10 minutes
Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 8 minutes.
Westbound Hwy. 36 from Edgerton Street to 35W: 6 minutes.