6:30 a.m. update: Current drive times

Traffic volumes are starting to increase on southbound Hwy. 169 from County Road 81 down to 63rd Avenue and again approaching Hwy. 55.

Southbound 35W is getting busy from Lexington Avenue down to County Road 96.

Traffic in the work zones on I-494 in Plymouth and Hwy. 100 in St. Louis Park is still moving well, but expect things to start slowing down in the next 15 minutes.

And southbound Hwy. 65 continues to struggle with traffic lights out at Bunker Lake Blvd. and 105th Avenue in Blaine.

Here are some current travel times:

North metro

Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 15 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 12 minutes

Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 10 minutes. Eastbound is 10 minutes.

West metro

Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 10 minutes

Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 8 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 15 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: 9 minutes

Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 7 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 4 minutes

Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 6 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 4 minutes

Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 8 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 8 minutes

East metro

Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 8 minutes.