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8:40 a.m. update: Current drive times

Trip times have peaked out it appears and travel times are starting to drop. Of course, it only takes one spin out or crash to create a jam and hold up.

By Tim Harlow

November 11, 2014 at 2:44PM

Trip times have peaked out it appears and travel times are starting to drop. Of course, it only takes one spin out or crash to create a jam and hold up. For now, here is where you'll find incidents adding time to the drive:

Northbound 494 at Crosstown
Northbound 35E at Edgerton Street
Eastbound 494 at Pieper Road in Mendota Heights
Northbound Hwy. 169 at Excelsior Blvd.
Northbound Hwy. 100 at Excelsior Blvd.
Eastbound 394 at Louisiana Avenue
Westbound 694 near Hwy. 100

Here are some current travel times:

North metro

Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 31 minutes

Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 17 minutes.

Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 20 minutes

Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 20 minutes. Eastbound is 18 minutes.

West metro

Eastbound 94 from Crow River to 494: 23 minutes

Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 14 minutes

Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 14 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 26 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 27 minutes

South metro

Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 12 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 26 minutes.

Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 20 minutes

Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 32 minutes

Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 18 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Powers Blvd. to Crosstown: 19 minutes

Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 13 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 10 minutes

Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 15 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 12 minutes

East metro

Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 21 minutes

Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 17 minutes.

Westbound Hwy. 36 from Edgerton Street to 35W: 14 minutes.

about the writer

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.