Relief is slow in coming for westbound 494 drivers. An earlier crash at Lyndale Avenue has traffic crawling from Pilot Knob Road past the scene.
Traffic is still trying to recover on southbound Hwy. 169 in Champlin and Brooklyn Park. A crash at I-94 is gone, but a jam in its wake extends back to 109th Avenue.
Here are some current travel times:
North metro
Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 36 minutes
Southbound 35E from County J to I-94: 23 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 17 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 12 minutes. Eastbound is 10 minutes.