A traffic jam has formed on eastbound I-494 from Hwy. 169 over to near Hwy. 100. A crash just moved to the left shoulder at West Bush Lake Road is the primary reason for the delay.
Elsewhere it's congestion that is bogging down the drive. It's especially slow on northbound I-35 through Lakeville and continuing on northbound I-35E from Wagon Wheel into downtown St. Paul.
Northbound Cedar Avenue is tight coming out of Apple Valley while northbound 35W runs sluggish from the Burnsville Split up to 98th Street.
On the north side, look for traffic sputtering on westbound Hwy. 36 between 35E and 35W and on southbound Hwy. 169 from Hwy. 610 to Medicine Lake Road.
Here are some current travel times:
North metro
Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 22 minutes
Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 15 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 13 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 12 minutes. Eastbound is 10 minutes.
West metro
Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 14 minutes
Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 15 minutes
Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 13 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 169 from Hwy. 610 to Crosstown: 25 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 20 minutes
South metro
Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 15 minutes   To downtown Minneapolis: 22 minutes.
Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 14 minutes
Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 33 minutes
Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 11 minutes
Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 7 minutes
Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 12 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 7 minutes
Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 12 minutes  Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 11 minutes
East metro
Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 17 minutes
Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 12 minutes.
Westbound Hwy. 36 from Edgerton Street to 35W: 13 minutes.
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