Traffic levels have picked up in a hurry on westbound 494 in Bloomington. Things are clogged from Cedar Avenue over to Hwy. 100. That is 15 minutes are rising. Eastbound is tight from France Avenue to I-35W.
Northbound 35W is stacked up from County Road 42 up to 98th Street. That is 10 minutes with another 15 needed to downtown Minneapolis.
Look for pockets of congestion on westbound 94 from McKnight Road over to Marion Street. That is 10 minutes.
Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to Hwy. 280 is now at 17 minutes. Eastbound Hwy. 10 slows from Central Avenue to 35W.
A stall is blocking the ramp from southbound Hwy. 169 at Hwy. 7.
Northbound 169 stopped at County Road 18. It's 20 minutes up to 494.
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