Traffic alert: Heavy congestion on I-94 in downtown Minneapolis

A crash that has moved to the right shoulder is all it takes to slow the drive on eastbound I-94 in downtown Minneapolis. Slow downs kick in back at I-394.

July 19, 2018 at 12:35PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A crash that has moved to the right shoulder is all it takes to slow the drive on eastbound I-94 in downtown Minneapolis. Slow downs kick in back at I-394.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Westbound I-94 is packed from Riverside Avenue to the Lowry Hill Tunnel at 7:30 a.m.

Traffic on westbound I-694 is running near the posted between 35W and University Avenue. That's a improvment from earlier this morning when things were stacked up across the north metro. Plan on 15 minutes from I-35W to I-94.

A wreck on eastbound Hwy. 610 is blocking a lane in Brooklyn Park. Westbound traffic is sluggish from Broadway over to Hwy. 169 and in the vicinity of the Mississippi River.

Congestion is in place along southbound I-35W from Lake Drive down to I-694 in Shoreview, eastbound Hwy. 10 from Anoka to University Avenue and eastbound I-94 from Hwy. 241 down to 95th Avenue in Maple Grove.

It's also tight along westbound Crosstown from Hiawatha Avenue to Penn Avenue and westbound I-494 from Cedar Avenue over to Hwy. 100.

Here is a look at the metro traffic map.

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