8:10 a.m. update: Congestion on 36 and 94

Traffic is very slow on westbound 94 from downtown St. Paul to downtown Minneapolis. The drive is taking almost 20 minutes.

December 21, 2012 at 11:26AM

Traffic is very slow on westbound 94 from downtown St. Paul to downtown Minneapolis. The drive is taking almost 20 minutes.

A multi-vehilce accident on Hwy. 55 at Pine Bend Trail has traffic jammed coming out of Hastings. A good alternate might be Hwy. 61 for those heading north.

The drive on southbound 35W is taking 33 minutes from County Road 10 to Stinson Blvd. That's affecting westbound Hwy. 36. It's 15 minutes from Hwy. 61 to Fairview Avenue.

The drive on northbound Cedar Avenue and 35W from County Road 42 to 494 is 18 minutes.

There is a solid line of traffic on southbound 494 from 94 to Hwy. 7. That's a 22-minute drive.

On southbound 35E, it's 15 minutes from 694 to 94.

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Tim Harlow

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Tim Harlow covers traffic and transportation issues in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and likes to get out of the office, even during rush hour. He also covers the suburbs in northern Hennepin and all of Anoka counties, plus breaking news and weather.

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