Be prepared for a long wait if you are traveling north on Hwy. 169 through Shakopee and Bloomington. Things are locked up prior to Canterbury Road.
In the vicinity of the Miracle Mile mall in St. Louis Park, a crash on Excelsior Blvd. is tangling traffic.
Drivers are spending an extra 5 minutes getting from Greenhaven Drive over to Round Lake Blvd. in Coon Rapids due to road work.
That ailing semi that had been leaking fuel on eastbound Crosstown at Penn Avenue has been towed away. Traffic is flowing well in the immediate area.
Westbound 494 is plugging up from Cedar Avenue to France Avenue. That is 10 to 12 minutes.
