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8:30 a.m. update: A handful of crashes gumming up traffic

Traffic is tight in many places due to a number of wrecks and stalls on the system.

By Tim Harlow

September 11, 2013 at 10:22AM

Traffic is tight in many places due to a number of wrecks and stalls on the system. You will find delays at:

Westbound Crosstown at Valley View Road, crash on right shoulder
Westbound 694 at Hwy. 61, crash on left shoulder
Westbound 94 at Hamline Avenue, crash blocking left lane
Westbound 394 at Dunwoody Blvd, a motorcyclist is down on the ramp from I-94
Westbound 394 at Shelard Pkwy. and another at Hwy. 169
Northbound Hwy. 61 approaching 494.

Congestion is making the drive on northbound 35W from Crosstown to downtown Minneapolis a 20-minute trip.

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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.