6:45 a.m. update: Current travel times

Our first accident of the morning comes off the mainline. A van struck a light pole on Brockton Lane south of County Road 81 in Maple Grove. Responders are on the way to the scene.

Elsewhere, congestion is forming in the usual places along westbound 94 in St. Paul, southbound 35W in Shoreview and on 694 through the construction zone in the northern suburbs.

Here are some current travel times:

North metro

Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to Hwy. 280: 13 minutes

Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 14 minutes.

Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 16 minutes

Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 11 minutes

Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 8 minutes

Eastbound 394 to 35W via 94: 7 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 14 minutes

South metro

Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 8 minutes

Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 17 minutes

Northbound 169 from County 18 to 494: 6 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 11 minutes

Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 10 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 7 minutes

East metro

Westbound 94 from Keats Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 12 minutes

Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 7 minutes.