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

A cement mixer is parked on the right shoulder of westbound 94 at 7th Street in St. Paul, and that's enough to get the gawker effect in place. Look for a pocket of slow traffic from Mounds Blvd. into downtown St. Paul.

Watch out for a crash on Maryland Avenue at Rice Street in St. Paul.

Expect off and on congestion on northbound 35W from the Crosstown Commons into downtown Minneapolis and on westbound 94 between St. Paul and the Lowry Hill Tunnel.

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: 13 minutes.

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

West metro

Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 9 minutes

Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 14 minutes

Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 13 minutes

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

South metro

Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 14 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 24 minutes.

Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 11 minutes

Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 20 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 11 minutes

Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 20 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 14 minutes

Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 15 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 16 minutes

East metro

Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 16 minutes