8:30 a.m. update: Current drive times

We might be seeing the effects of the Columbus Day holiday as traffic levels are dropping and drive times are improving. With crashes clearing, that also is helping the commute as we head into the final half hour of the rush.

Here are some current travel times:

North metro

Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 26 minutes

Southbound 35E from County 14 to I-94: 18 minutes.

Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 12 minutes

Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 11 minutes. Eastbound is 11 minutes.

Eastbound 94 from Crow River to 494: 12 minutes

Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 14 minutes

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

Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 30 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 18 minutes

Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 10 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 17 minutes.

Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 15 minutes

Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 24 minutes

Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 9 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Powers Blvd. to Crosstown: 11 minutes

Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 11 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 11 minutes

East metro

Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 14 minutes

Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 10 minutes.