6:55 a.m. update: Current travel times

Traffic volumes have picked up in the past 15 minutes leading to crowded conditions on many metro area highways and freeways.

A hot spot is on eastbound 94 from 101st Avenue down to 95th Avenue in Maple Grove. A crash involving a motorcycle is attracting a lot of attention from drivers as they pass by.

A pair of wrecks on northbound 35W is making for a tough trip into Minneapolis. They are at 36th Street and 28th Street.

Here are some current travel times:

North metro

Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to Hwy. 280: 20 minutes

Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 13 minutes.

Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 14 minutes

West metro

Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 20 minutes

Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 10 minutes

Eastbound 394 to 35W via 94: 9 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 20 minutes

South metro

Northbound 35W from County 42 to the Crosstown: 11 minutes.

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

Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 18 minutes

Northbound 169 from County 18 to 494: 7 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 12 minutes

Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 6 minutes.  Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 7 minutes

Westbound Crosstown from 35W to Hwy. 169: 7 minutes   Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue:6 minutes

East metro

Westbound 94 from Keats Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 16 minutes

Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 9  minutes.

Westbound Hwy. 36 from Edgerton Street to 35W: 10 minutes.