Tuesday rush hour: Motorcycle crash clears on 494, big delays persist

Problems also continue in Newport where a crash with injuries has traffic tangled on northbound Hwy. 61 at Glen Road.

July 31, 2018 at 1:38PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Tuesday's wild and wooly rush hour rolls on and new problems continue to pop up. A wreck partially blocking the right lane of westbound I-694 near University Avenue in Fridley is making for a 30-minute trip from I-35W to Hwy. 252.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Traffic at 8:30 a.m. remains stacked up in Bloomington on westbound I-494. A motorcycle crash at Hwy. 100 just cleared, but the damage has been done. Traffic is still backed up to near Cedar Avenue. This is what the scene looked like earlier. Westbound Crosstown is sluggish with some drivers opting to use Hwy. 62 to avoid the big back up on I-494.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Northbound Hwy. 61 is back to normal now that a mishap at Glen Road in Newport has cleared out.

Southbound I-494 at I-394 is jammed due to a crash at I-394.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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