A crash that has been blocking two lanes on eastbound Hwy. 212 at Shady Oak Road has been there for nearly an hour. The result is a jam that begins at Dell Road. Plan on 30 minutes or more to reach Hwy. 169.

I-494 a between Hwy. 55 and Excelsior Blvd. is very icy, readers say. They must be right as we have had three vehicles slide into the ditch along that stretch. Southbound traffic is creeping along from the Fish Lake Interchange.

That also is impacting traffic on eastbound 94. That remains bumper to bumper from Hwy. 101 to the 494/94 split.

Westbound 94 continues to roll along very slow from the Hudson Bridge to the 494/694 split. Things tighten again from Ruth Street to downtown St. Paul. Continuing to Minneapolis? Prepare to hop on the brakes at Dale Street to Snelling Avenue and again from Riverside Avenue to the Lowry Hill Tunnel.

Eastbound 694 is stacked up from Xerxes Avenue past a crash at Shingle Creek Pkwy. in Brooklyn Center.