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

All the commotion on the roads has settled down and except for a fender bender on southbound Hwy. 52 at Plato Blvd., all earlier problems have cleared.

Commuters on westbound 494 between Cedar and France Avenues and southbound 35W from Industrial Blvd. to Washington Avenue will encounter pockets of congestion, but nothing that will set them back more than a minute or two.

Motorists on eastbound 394 will tap the brakes between Hwy. 169 and Hwy. 100 through Golden Valley.

Here are some current travel times:

North metro

Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 20 minutes

Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 12 minutes.

Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 11 minutes. Eastbound is 9 minutes.

West metro

Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 9 minutes

Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 8 minutes

Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 10 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 15 minutes

South metro

Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 10 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 16 minutes.

Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 9 minutes

Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 17 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 4 minutes

Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 10 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 5 minutes

Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 11 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 8 minutes

East metro

Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 11 minutes