The thickest traffic at 8;20 a.m. is in downtown Minneapolis. A wreck on eastbound I-94 near 1st Avenue has things jammed up back to the Lowry Hill Tunnel. Westbound slows back near Franklin Avenue due the ongoing road construction.
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This semi tipped over earlier this morning on northbound I-35W in Roseville.
A semitrailer truck crashed on the curve of northbound I-35W just past the split with Hwy. 36 in Roseville just after 6 a.m. Friday. MnDOT said the freeway will remain shut down until noon. The Roseville Fire Department said there were no injuries.
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Over in Little Canada, one eastbound lane of Interstate 694 at the Interstate 35E interchange is shut down this morning as authorities continue to investigate a fatal crash that occurred early this morning. All eastbound lanes had been closed for about 3 hours, but now traffic is allowed to pass by.
Few details are available about the crash, which happened about 2:40 a.m. just before Edgerton Street.Â
In Minneapolis, West River Parkway is closed from 4th Street South to Franklin Avenue due to a mudslide that occurred during Thursday night's storms.Â
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