MnDOT crews have picked up their cones and taken their trucks home. Pothole repairs are done for the night and all lanes westbound 494 from Lyndale to France Avenue have reopened.
Elsewhere, you will find a bit of a squeeze on southbound 35E from Hwy. 36 to 94. That will only cost you a couple extra minutes.
Tim Harlow covers traffic and transportation issues in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and likes to get out of the office, even during rush hour. He also covers the suburbs in northern Hennepin and all of Anoka counties, plus breaking news and weather.
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