No Section

8:45 a.m. update: Not much improvement

The sun is up and that is about the only good news on the roads at this hour. Traffic has not improved even though we are nearing the end of the rush hour.

By Tim Harlow

December 11, 2013 at 11:24AM

The sun is up and that is about the only good news on the roads at this hour. Traffic has not improved even though we are nearing the end of the rush hour.

It's bumper to bumper on many routes:

Southbound Hwy. 169 from 77th Avenue to Minnetonka Avenue.
Westbound 494 from Hwy. 110 to Hwy. 100.
Northbound 35W from Crosstown to downtown Minneapolis.
Southbound 35W from Lexington Avenue to Hwy. 280.
Westbound 94 from the Hudson Bridge to downtown St. Paul.
Crosstown both directions between Hwy. 169 and Cedar Avenue.

about the writer

Tim Harlow

Reporter

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.