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8 a.m. update: Current drive times

Rain and heavy traffic along with a handful of crashes have traffic moving slowly in many parts of the metro.

By Tim Harlow

April 6, 2015 at 1:01PM

Rain and heavy traffic along with a handful of crashes have traffic moving slowly in many parts of the metro.

Among the worst trouble spots include:

  • Crash on southbound Hwy. 169 at I-94 has traffic crammed at 93rd Avenue in Brooklyn Park.
    • Crash on northbound I-35 at Kenwood Trail has traffic nearly stopped in Lakeville at 205th Street.
      • Congestion has tight condtions on westbound 94 from Ruth Street over to Snelling Avenue.
        • A crash on westbound 494 at Hwy. 110 has traffic bunching up from Hwy. 61 over to 35E.
          • A fender bender has moved to the right shoulder on northbound Cedar Avenue at the Crosstown
            • Westbound Crosstown moving below posted speeds from Hiawatha Avenue to France Avenue.

              Here are some current travel times:

              North metro

              Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 25 minutes

              Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 20 minutes.

              Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 13 minutes

              Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 12 minutes. Eastbound is 10 minutes.

              West metro

              Eastbound 94 from Crow River to 494: 17 minutes

              Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 15 minutes

              Eastbound 394 from 494 to 35W via 94: 10 minutes

              Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 35 minutes Add another 10 minutes from Hwy. 610 to 94

              Southbound Hwy. 100 from I-94 to Crosstown: 23 minutes

              South metro

              Northbound 35W from County 42 to Crosstown: 17 minutes To downtown Minneapolis: 26 minutes.

              Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown: 14 minutes

              Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 17 minutes

              Northbound 169 from Canterbury Road to 494: 14 minutes

              Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 5 minutes

              Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 10 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 12 minutes

              Westbound Crosstown from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 169: 22 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 to Cedar Avenue: 9 minutes

              East metro

              Westbound 94 from Manning Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 21 minutes

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

              Westbound Hwy. 36 from Edgerton Street to 35W: 9 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.

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