8:45 a.m. update: Current drive times

Westbound Hwy. 36 is looking much better as traffic volumes have dropped. Southbound 35W also is clearing out and that is resulting in dropping travel times from Blaine to downtown Minneapolis.

Across the system, we have few problems and not much in the way of congestion. Here are some current travel times:

North metro

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

Southbound 35E from County J to I-94: 15 minutes.

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

Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 11 minutes. Eastbound is 10 minutes.

Eastbound 94 from Crow River to 494: 12 minutes

Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 15 minutes

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

Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 14 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 19 minutes

Northbound 35W from County 42 to downtown Minneapolis: 19 minutes.

Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 13 minutes

Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 18 minutes

Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 9 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Powers Blvd. to Crosstown: 12 minutes

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

East metro

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

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