Congestion refuses to loosen its grip on many mainline routes, adding lots of extra time to the commute.
Congestion refuses to loosen its grip on many mainline routes, adding lots of extra time to the commute. Here is a sampling of current travel times:
North metro
Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to Hwy. 280: 28 minutes
Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 17 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 21 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 32 minutes. Eastbound is 21 minutes.
West metro
Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 30 minutes
Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 21 minutes
Eastbound 394 to 35W via 94: 22 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 44 minutes
South metro
Northbound 35W from County 42 to the Crosstown: 20 minutes.
Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 18 minutes
Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 41 minutes
Northbound 169 from County 18 to 494: 13 minutes
Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 15 minutes
Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 12 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 14 minutes
Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 24 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 18 minutes
East metro
Westbound 94 from Keats Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 32 minutes
Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 30 minutes.
Westbound Hwy. 36 from Edgerton Street to 35W: 22 minutes.
Don’t sugarcoat this year. Work to make the next one better.
