We end today's rush hour with much improved conditions on the roads. All crashes have cleared and at the moment we are incident free.

Travel times are dropping, although motorists on 494 in both directions will hit a pocket of congestion between Hwy. 100 and Lyndale Avenue.

And northbound 35W is packed from 50th Street up to I-94.

I'll be back a bit later with your weekend travel report, complete with this weekend's road closings and commuting news.