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8:30 a.m. update: Heavy duty on 494 in west metro

Drivers are finding pockets of congestion on southbound 494 from the Fish Lake Interchange down to Hwy. 7. That will cost you 20 minutes. Very unusual for this point in the rush.

By Tim Harlow

August 12, 2013 at 10:32AM

Drivers are finding pockets of congestion on southbound 494 from the Fish Lake Interchange down to Hwy. 7. That will cost you 20 minutes. Very unusual for this point in the rush.

What's not unusual is the heavy traffic on northbound 35W from Lakeville to Crosstown. That is running at 20 to 25 minutes. Part of the reason for that is some road flooding at County Road 46 and ahead near Crystal Lake Blvd.

Crosstown in both directions is also 20 minutes between Hwy. 169 and 28th Avenue.

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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.