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7:10 a.m. update: Stoplight on Hwy. 169 out in Champlin

The big backup on southbound Hwy. 169 in Champlin can be attributed to a traffic light outage at 120th Avenue. Reports say traffic stacks up to the Mississippi River bridge in Anoka.

By Tim Harlow

August 21, 2014 at 12:13PM

The big backup on southbound Hwy. 169 in Champlin can be attributed to a traffic light outage at 120th Avenue. Reports say traffic stacks up to the Mississippi River bridge in Anoka.

Elsewhere a number of crashes and heavy traffic is making for a slow trudge to the office.

Here are the trouble spots in terms of crashes at this hour:

Southbound 35W at County Road 23 in Lino Lakes and ahead at Hwy. 88 in Roseville.

Northbound 35W in the HOT lane at Hwy. 13 in Burnsville.

Southbound 35E at County Road 96 in White Bear Lake.

Eastbound Hwy. 10 in the area of Round Lake Blvd.

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Tim Harlow

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Tim Harlow covers traffic and transportation issues in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and likes to get out of the office, even during rush hour. He also covers the suburbs in northern Hennepin and all of Anoka counties, plus breaking news and weather.