The remnants of an earlier police pursuit remains on the right shoulder of westbound I-494 at Dodd Road in Mendota Heights. The right lane reopened about 15 minutes ago, but so far traffic has not responded well.
Traffic is backed up across the Wakota Bridge to Hwy. 61, making for a tough grind for commuters heading from Newport, Woodbury and the far southeastern suburbs over to Blooomington. Hwy. 110 is a decent alternate, once you reach that point. Staying the course on I-494 could cost you up to 20 minutes from Hwy. 61 to 35E.
Here are some current travel times:
North metro
Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 15 minutes
Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 10 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 12 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 11 minutes. Eastbound is 10 minutes.
West metro
Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 17 minutes
Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 12 minutes
Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 9 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 13 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 13 minutes
South metro
Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 12 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 20 minutes.
Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 9 minutes
Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 18 minutes
Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 9 minutes
Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 6 minutes
Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 7 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 5 minutes
Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 8 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 8 minutes
East metro
Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 13 minutes
Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 10 minutes.
Westbound Hwy. 36 from Edgerton Street to 35W: 6 minutes.