How to Use causeway in a Sentence

causeway

noun
  • The island is linked by a causeway to the mainland.
  • Freight trains run past the front door on their own offshore causeway.
    Curbed, 2 June 2022
  • Crews were first clearing the land on the river bank to build a causeway that will lead to the bridge, which will span 640 feet.
    John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2022
  • That’s east of the last spit of mainland before the causeway running south to the Dauphin Island Bridge.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023
  • In past years, the city has in some cases sought to shut down state-run causeways entering the city.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
  • One of the most storied parklands in Southie, the causeway around Pleasure Bay, begins on the right.
    BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2021
  • Amid that effort, in the 1930s, a small causeway was built to connect Morro Rock to the mainland.
    Jerry Rice, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The causeway was one of the world’s busiest land borders before the pandemic struck.
    Fox News, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Lee County will start collecting tolls on the bridge again Jan. 1 ($6 per car); and on Jan. 2, the causeway will open to all.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2022
  • These were more decisive than the battle at the causeway.
    Sebastien Roblin, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021
  • This area of the lake was separated from the South Arm in the 1950s with the construction of a railroad causeway.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The rebuilding of the causeway, split apart in five areas, may prove to be the biggest challenge.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The island's main point of access is I-45, a causeway that crosses West Bay on the northeast side of the island.
    Rebecca Treon, Chron, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The park is connected to the Great Salt Lake's southeastern shore by a 7-mile causeway.
    NBC News, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The broken causeway to Sanibel Island might not be passable until the end of the month.
    Stephen Smith and Bobby Caina Calvan, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The repaving is part of the Fabyan West pedestrian bridge and causeway project, officials said.
    Beacon-News Staff, chicagotribune.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • On weekends, the place is overrun by fun-hungry tourist types and causeway crawlers.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The causeway is the only way for vehicles to enter or leave the islands.
    CBS News, 29 Sep. 2022
  • But in order to visit, tourists need to time the tides and safely navigate the causeway.
    Stephen Castle Andrew Testa, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2022
  • But the causeway is only accessible twice a day, when the tide goes out.
    Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Baskin pointed to the railroad causeway that bisects the lake, which turned the north arm hypersaline.
    Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Long sections of the causeway that connects Sanibel Island to the mainland were destroyed in the storm.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Follow the path along Planter’s Hill down to the causeway that joins the two hilly halves of World’s End and offers wide views in every direction.
    New York Times, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Ian’s storm surge could be seen enveloping the area over several hours, as the causeway grew faint in the distance.
    Scott Dance, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Near the causeway across the reservoir was a barricaded turnoff.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Star Island—a small spit of sand connected to South Beach via a causeway—has always lived up to its name.
    Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The causeway connects the Trident Pier to shore, and trucks will cross it to deliver supplies and return for more.
    Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
  • Until the causeway was built in 1954, no road connected Holy Island to the mainland.
    Stephen Castle, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The Nome project will extend the causeway and double the port’s depth to about 40 feet, opening the area to bigger ships, a higher volume of goods and more research and tourism.
    Lindsay Wise, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The causeway is also being rebuilt as part of a deal announced last year between Sandusky and the park.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022

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