The bad route to take this at this hour is southbound I-35W. A crash and spinout at County Road I starts the problems. Ahead, there's a new crash at the Hwy. 280 interchange. Together, that adds up to a 30 minute trip from Blaine to downtown Minneapolis.
Elsewhere it's tough going on southbound 35E. A stall in the left lane at County Road 96 and mishap aheat at Wheelock Pkwy. has traffic gummed up.
It's not much better on westbound 94 from Hudson to St. Paul. A crash at Lake Elmo Road has traffic crawling along from near Hwy. 95.
Here are some current travel times:
North metro
Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 30 minutes
Southbound 35E from County 14 to I-94: 18 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 18 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 14 minutes. Eastbound is 12 minutes.
West metro
Eastbound 94 from Crow River to 494: 21 minutes
Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 13 minutes
Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 11 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 36 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 18 minutes
South metro
Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 13 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 27 minutes.
Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 14 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: 15 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 13 minutes
Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 16 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 8 minutes
East metro
Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 14 minutes
Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 18 minutes.
Westbound Hwy. 36 from Edgerton Street to 35W: 15 minutes.