The tie-up on westbound I-494 from Penn Avenue to Hwy. 100 is due to a stalled car in the center lane just past France Avenue.
While crashes on southbound 169 at Rockford Road in New Hope and westbound 94 at 7th Street in downtown St. Paul have cleared, traffic is very still slow in those areas.
Here are some current travel times:
North metro
Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 18 minutes
Southbound 35E from County J to I-94: 19 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 12 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 11 minutes. Eastbound is 10 minutes.