The number of accidents has dropped off as the rain begins to taper off, but the damage has been done. Many routes are plugged due to earlier wrecks, and a few still in progress.
Here is where the mishaps are at this hour:
Southbound 35E at the 694 junction in Vadnais Heights
Southbound 35W at Franklin Avenue
Northbound Hwy 65, the downtown exits, from northbound 35W. A Star Tribune truck is hooked on the guardrail.
Here are some current travel times:
North metro
Southbound 35W from Forest Lake Split to downtown Minneapolis: 49 minutes
Southbound 35E from Forest Lake Split to I-94: 29 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 20 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 10 minutes. Eastbound is 12 minutes.
West metro
Eastbound 94 from Crow River to 494: 22 minutes
Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 11 minutes
Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 11 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 169 from Anoka to Crosstown: 45 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 20 minutes
South metro
Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 13 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 31 minutes.
Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 18 minutes
Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 23 minutes
Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 13 minutes
Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 11 minutes
Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 11 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 10 minutes
Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 11 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 11 minutes
East metro
Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 24 minutes
Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 16 minutes.
Westbound Hwy. 36 from Edgerton Street to 35W: 20 minutes.