9 a.m. update: Current travel times

Congestion is loosening on most metro area routes and commuters heading into work at this hour will find few delays. Exceptions include northbound 35W from Crosstown to downtown and southbound 35W from Lake Drive to Hwy. 280.

Look for some delays on eastbound 394 from Hwy. 169 to Hwy. 100.

One crash remains on the system and that is on southbound 94 at Hennepin Avenue. That is not causing much of a delay in Minneapolis.

Here is what you can expect at this hour:

North metro

Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to Hwy. 280: 19 minutes

Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 12 minutes.

West metro

Eastbound 94 from Hwy. 101 to 494: 11 minutes

Southbound 494 from 94 down to 394: 10 minutes

Eastbound 394 to 35W via 94: 20 minutes

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

Northbound 35W from County 42 to the Crosstown: 11 minutes.

Northbound Cedar Avenue from 35E to the Crosstown:11 minutes

Northbound 35E from County 42 to downtown St. Paul: 21 minutes

Northbound 169 from County 18 to 494: 12 minutes

Eastbound Hwy. 212 from Dell Road to Crosstown: 14 minutes

Westbound Crosstown from 35W to Hwy. 169: 12 minutes Eastbound Crosstown from Hwy. 169 to Cedar Avenue: 11 minutes

East metro

Westbound 94 from Keats Avenue to downtown St. Paul: 10 minutes

Westbound 94 from 35E to the Lowry Hill Tunnel: 11 minutes.