The commute on northbound I-35W is a grind for sure with nearly 30 minutes needed from County Road 42 in Burnsville to downtown Minneapolis. Crashes at 46th Street and on the exits to downtown Minneapolis at Franklin Avenue has traffic inching along from 66th Street to I-94.
Other trouble spots include a stall on northbound Hwy. 61 in Newport at 494, and on westbound 494 between the Wakota Bridge and Dodd Road. Look for a crash on the right shoulder near Pieper Road.
Here are some current travel times:
North metro
Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 21 minutes
Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 13 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 15 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 11 minutes. Eastbound is 10 minutes.