Perhaps it's the sun that is causing the slow down on eastbound Crosstown from Gleason Road to Hwy. 100. Plan on 15 minutes to reach 35W.
The worst jam at this hour is on westbound 494. A crash in the center lane at Hwy. 61 has turned the freeway into a parking lot. Traffic is parked at Carver Avenue. Two lanes at Hwy. 61 are blocked.
Here are some current travel times:
North metro
Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to Hwy. 280: 14 minutes
Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 15 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 14 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 12 minutes. Eastbound is 10 minutes.
West metro
Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 20 minutes
Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 18 minutes
Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 12 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 16 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 18 minutes
South metro
Northbound 35W from County 42 to the Crosstown: 17 minutes.
Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 9 minutes
Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 20 minutes
Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 14 minutes
Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 11 minutes
Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 9 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 7 minutes
Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 15 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 9 minutes
East metro
Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 15 minutes
Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 12 minutes.
Westbound Hwy. 36 from Edgerton Street to 35W: 9 minutes.