7:40 a.m. update: Getting miserable on 494

A wreck on the right shoulder of westbound 494 at Penn Avenue is causing a gwaker slow down.

June 13, 2013 at 10:45AM

A wreck on the right shoulder of westbound 494 at Penn Avenue is causing a gwaker slow down. Traffic is crawling from Cedar Avenue past the scene. Get ready to hit the brakes at 24th Avenue in Bloomington.

Eastbound traffic slows from Hwy. 100 to Penn Avenue.

All lanes are now open on northbound 35W at Cliff Road. The remnents of the crash involving a motorcycle have been moved to the right shoulder. Traffic is quite heavy coming up from County Road 42.

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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.

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