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7:20 a.m. update: Moving at a snail's pace

If you are moving at 25 miles per hour, consider that fast. Most major routes are moving between 5 and 15 miles per hour. Do the math, and that will tell you that it's going to be a looooong commute.

By Tim Harlow

January 30, 2014 at 1:23PM

If you are moving at 25 miles per hour, consider that fast. Most major routes are moving between 5 and 15 miles per hour. Do the math, and that will tell you that it's going to be a looooong commute.

Here are some sample travel times:
Westbound Crosstown, hwy. 169 to 35W: 20 minutes

Southbound 35W from Lexington Avenue to Industrial Blvd: 45 minutes

Westbound 494 from Lake Road in Woodbury to Cedar Avenue: 40 minutes

Westbound 94 from Rogers to the Fish Lake Interchange: 40 minutes

Eastbound 94 from Hudson to downtown St. Paul: 1 hour

Westbound Hwy. 36 from White Bear Avenue to 35W: 29 minutes

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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.