8 a.m. update: Current travel times

It's heavy duty on many routes throughout the metro. Current crashes include westbound 494 at Xerxes Avenue and westbound 694 at University Avenue. Both are causing near gridlock conditions.

IAuthorities are on the scene of a pedestrian accident on 10th Street and Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.

Also off the mainline, look for a crash on Dale Street and Grand Avenue in St. Paul.
Here are some current travel times:

North metro

Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to Hwy. 280: 25 minutes

Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 15 minutes.

Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 21 minutes

Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 18 minutes

Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 10 minutes

Eastbound 394 to 35W via 94: 18 minutes

Southbound Hwy. 169 from I-94 to Crosstown: 20 minutes

South metro

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

Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 24 minutes

Northbound 169 from County 18 to 494: 12 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 11 minutes

Westbound 494 from Cedar Avenue to Hwy. 100: 14 minutes. Eastbound 494 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 12 minutes

East metro

Westbound 94 from Keats Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 22 minutes

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