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8:50 a.m. update: Crashes abating

After a slew of wrecks during the middle portion of the rush hour, calls for help have dropped off dramatically. The lone working crash is on eastbound 394 at General Mills Blvd.

By Tim Harlow

February 27, 2014 at 2:52PM

After a slew of wrecks during the middle portion of the rush hour, calls for help have dropped off dramatically. The lone working crash is on eastbound 394 at General Mills Blvd.

That said, we still have areas with heavy congestion. Those include:

Northbound 35W from the Crosstown to downtown Minneapolis: 18 minutes
Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 19 minutes
Southbound 35W from 694 to Washington Avenue: 22 minutes
Eastbound 394 from 494 to downtown Minneapolis: 20 minutes
Southbound Hwy. 169 from 94 to Hwy. 7: 23 minutes
Southbound 35E from 694 to downtown St. Paul: 18 minutes

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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.