8:20 a.m. update: Tight traffic on 694 in north metro

Westbound drivers will need 18 minutes to make that trip. Eastbound drivers will need 24 minutes. Look for crashes on eastbound 694 at Hwy. 252 and another ahead at University Avenue.

April 4, 2013 at 10:33AM

Traffic on I-694 in both directions is tight between Hwy. 252 and 35E.

Westbound drivers will need 18 minutes to make that trip. Eastbound drivers will need 24 minutes. Look for crashes on eastbound 694 at Hwy. 252 and another ahead at University Avenue.

A traffic stop has the left shoulder blocked on northbound 35W at 46th Street. Things are heavy from Crosstown to downtown Minneapolis.

On the Crosstown, things are plugged up on the eastbound side from Hwy. 169 to Penn. That's 15 minutes.

It's also 15 minutes in both directions on 494 between Hwy. 169 and Cedar Avenue.

Eastbound 394 is 15 minutes from Hwy. 169 over to Dunwoody Blvd.

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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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