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

The late rush hour is marred with wrecks, including the newest on westbound 494 at Lyndale Avenue in Bloomington. Traffic bogs down at 24th Avenue. A stall ahead at Portland is also complicating the commute.

The driver of a PT Cruiser spun out on eastbound 94 at Wabasha Street. The driver is sitting in the lanes between I-94 and I-35E, so watch out heading into Spaghetti Junction in St. Paul.

On the Crosstown, westbound struggles from Portland Avenue out to Hwy. 169. Wrecks at Lyndale Avenue and Tracy Avenue are to blame. Eastbound rolls along well below the posted speeds from Shady Oak Road to 35W.

Here are some current travel times:

North metro

Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 19 minutes

Southbound 35E from County J to I-94: 24 minutes.

Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 18 minutes. Eastbound is 23 minutes.

West metro

Eastbound 94 from Crow River to 494: 14 minutes

Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 16 minutes

Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 11 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 16 minutes

South metro

Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 12 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 23 minutes.

Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 10 minutes

Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 23 minutes

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

Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 16 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 11 minutes

Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 12 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 13 minutes

East metro

Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 13 minutes