7 a.m. update: Current drive times

It's turning into an active morning with police activity on the Mississippi River bridge tying up traffic on southbound 35W. Things are crammed back to Hwy. 280. That's also slowing traffic on westbound Hwy. 36.

Word is just coming in about a car fire and crash on University Avenue or Hwy. 65 at 241st Avenue in East Bethel.

Also look for crashes on eastbound Hwy. 55 at I-494 and southbound Hwy. 101 at County Road 144 in Rogers.

Here are some current travel times:

North metro

Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 25 minutes

Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 12 minutes.

Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 10 minutes. Eastbound is 9 minutes.

West metro

Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 10 minutes

Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 8 minutes

Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 9 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 13 minutes

South metro

Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 13 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 19 minutes.

Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 9 minutes

Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 17 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 4 minutes

Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 6 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 4 minutes

Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 8 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 8 minutes

East metro

Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 12 minutes