8 a.m. update: Current drive times

Traffic is heavy on westbound 94 from Hwy. 61 to downtown St. Paul, mostly due to a wreck on the right shoulder at Earl Street. That's the only accident on the system at the moment.

Congestion lingers on northbound Cedar Avenue due to an earlier motorcycle crash at the Crosstown. The worst is between 494 and 66th Street.

Commuters on westbound Hwy. 36 will find speeds below the posted between Hwy. 61 and I-35W. It's also slow and go westbound 94 from 35E to downtown Minneapolis.

Heavy traffic has I-494 moving at a reduced pace in both directions between Cedar Avenue and Hwy. 100.

Here are some current travel times:

North metro

Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 22 minutes

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

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

West metro

Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 10 minutes

Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 8 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 15 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 17 minutes

South metro

Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 13 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 21 minutes.

Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 15 minutes

Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 12 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 8 minutes

Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 9 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 11 minutes

Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 14 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 13 minutes

East metro

Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 16 minutes.