8 a.m. update: Congestion in the central metro

Traffic is flowing fairly well on the outer loop of 494 and 694 and on highways away from the central core, such as Hwy. 169 and Hwy 100 and Hwy 61. There, things are faster than normal.

October 1, 2013 at 10:14AM

Traffic is flowing fairly well on the outer loop of 494 and 694 and on highways away from the central core, such as Hwy. 169 and Hwy 100 and Hwy 61. There, things are faster than normal.

We do have pockets of congestion on eastbound 394 from General Mills Blvd to Dunwoody Blvd.

Southbound 35W is slow from Johnson Street to downtown Minneapolis. Northbound 35W is sputtering along from 50th Street to I-94.

I-94 in both directions between the downtowns is about 15 minutes, with the slowest traffic westbound from Marion Street to Lexington Avenue.

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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.

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