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7:20 a.m. update: Extra time needed

The number of accidents has slowed as we enter the 7 a.m. hour, but the damage has already been done. Many routes are just inching along, a combination of icy slushy roads and earlier accidents.

By Tim Harlow

February 15, 2013 at 11:28AM

The number of accidents has slowed as we enter the 7 a.m. hour, but the damage has already been done. Many routes are just inching along, a combination of icy slushy roads and earlier accidents.

Here are some travel times:
Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue in Woodbury to Hwy. 280 is nearly 45 minutes. Look for a wreck at Hwy. 61.

Southbound 35E from County Road 14 to downtown St. Paul is 27 minutes. Look dor a stalled vehicle and what MnDOT is calling a pavement failure at University Avenue.

Northbound 35E is 18 minutes from Yankee Doodle Road to W. 7th Street.

Southbound 35W is 32 minutes from 95th Avenue to Hwy. 280.

Southbound Hwy. 100 is 40 minutes from 94 down to the Crosstown.

Southbound 494 is hampered with congestion, 32 minutes from 94 to Hwy. 7.

Northbound Hwy. 169 is 32 minutes from Marschall Road to 494. Look for a crash north of 494 at Bren Road.

Crashes on eastbound 694 at Central Avenue and Long Lake Road is leading to a 15 minute drive from Hwy. 252 to Hamline Avenue.

Look for a crash on northbound 35W at 94th Street. It's 15 minutes from County 42 to 494.

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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.