The rush hour started out blazing with a car fire on northbound 35W at 95th Avenue in Blaine. That is been extinguished, but now as traffic volumes start to pickup, so is other activity.
The scarry thing is a vehicle reported to be traveling the wrong way on eastbound 694 in the area of Silver Lake Road in New Brighton.
Look out for black ice. A big pile up has the ramp from County Road 81 to southbound Hwy. 169 closed.
A fender bender is off on the shoulder of southbound 35E at Little Canada Road.
Two stalls also hampering the drive. They are on southbound 35W at County Road H and on westbound Crosstown near Hwy. 100 in Edina.
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: 9 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 12 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 10 minutes. Eastbound is 10 minutes.
West metro
Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 9 minutes
Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 6 minutes
Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 10 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 12 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 13 minutes
South metro
Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 9 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 15 minutes.
Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 9 minutes
Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 17 minutes
Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 8 minutes
Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 7 minutes
Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 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: 10 minutes
Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 10 minutes.
Westbound Hwy. 36 from Edgerton Street to 35W: 6 minutes.