A flurry of wrecks just after 8 a.m. are making for a tough commute for the latter portion of the rush hour.
Car fire clears in Lino Lake, traffic recovering
A flurry of wrecks just after 8 a.m. are making for a tough commute for the latter portion of the rush hour.
July 24, 2018 at 1:58PM
A car fire that led to a 2 mile backup on southbound I-35E at Main Street in Lino Lakes has cleared. With all lanes open, traffic has recovered and is back to freeway speeds. This is what it looked like earlier this morning.
Currently, a broken down dump truck is leading to this stackup on westbound Crosstown at Lyndale Avenue.
Elsewhere it's just lots and lots of cars that are making for a longer drive than normal. At 8:30 a.m., pockets of congestion have bogged down the drive:
Southbound I-35W from 95th Avenue to I-694
Hwy. 610 westbound across the Mississippi River
Both directions of I-494 from Minnetonka Boulevard to Hwy. 55 Look for a crash on the northbound side at County Road 6.
Eastbound I-94 from Hwy. 241 down to I-494/694/94 in Maple Grove.
Westbound I-94 from Hwy. 280 to the Lowry Hill Tunnel. Look for a crash near Hiawatha Avenue.
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