How to Use northbound in a Sentence

northbound

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• The northbound lanes are closed.
• The wreck forced the closure of two northbound lanes for about two hours.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2022
• The northbound side was reopened just before 9 p.m. as fire crews continued to work the scene.
  — Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022
• The driver quickly pulled back into the northbound lanes as other drivers honked, the video shows.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 6 May 2022
• The bus had pulled over on the northbound lane of state route 57 to pick up children when the driver was alarmed by the truck’s horn, Neil said.
  — Caroll Alvarado, CNN, 23 Apr. 2022
• The second phase of the project includes the expansion of the northbound area at the Tijuana airport.
  — Alexandra Mendozawriter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2022
• All northbound lanes on the freeway were closed as authorities investigate.
  — Fox News, 11 May 2022
• The first phase will rebuild the northbound side of the road.
  — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
• The crash shut down the southbound side of the bridge for hours, while the northbound side was closed briefly.
  — Susan Haigh, Fortune, 2 May 2024
• The wreck led to a closure of the northbound lanes on that stretch of freeway, the department said.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2023
• The video shows a person walking north on the sidewalk along the northbound lanes of 82nd.
  — oregonlive, 14 June 2022
• Traffic soon came to a halt before the northbound lanes of the highway gave way.
  — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
• Nine of the crashes have been northbound, the direction in which the bridge is 12 feet high.
  — Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
• The northbound lanes were closed at Loop 202 and the southbound lanes at Shea Boulevard.
  — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2022
• Deputies did not locate the vehicle that lost a tire on the northbound side of I-75.
  — The Enquirer, 17 July 2023
• Detours remain on the northbound lanes that have been blocked since the June 15 blaze.
  — Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 18 July 2024
• Soon after, the northbound lanes of the highway crumbled.
  — Time, 11 June 2023
• The crash briefly shut down all northbound lanes on I-15, and the two right lanes remained closed for about 90 minutes.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2024
• The then Category 3 storm ripped a northbound path from the Keys all the way to Georgia.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022
• All northbound lanes of I-75 in Stockbridge shut down shortly before 3 a.m. due to the wreck that ...
  — Caroline Silva, ajc, 22 July 2023
• The vehicle was later spotted driving the wrong way in the northbound lanes of I-405.
  — The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2023
• The closures included northbound lanes of U.S. 101, a key coastal route.
  — Christopher Weber, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023
• Traffic is backed up to Interstate 695 on the northbound lanes.
  — Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2022
• The northbound lanes of the highway were closed just before 10:30 a.m. and one lane reopened around noon, police said.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2023
• The fire, which police alerted the public to about 5:10 a.m., occurred in the northbound lanes of the highway near Parker Road.
  — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
• For the time being, the new southbound bridge will be used to carry northbound traffic over the river.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
• The signs are on the northbound and southbound lanes between Lincoln Avenue and Ball Road.
  — Austin Knoblauchassistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• The crash occurred about 1:20 p.m. on the northbound side of the freeway, south of the Border Patrol checkpoint near Camp Pendleton.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
• Much is known of the northbound Underground Railroad for freedom-seekers before the Civil War.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
• The vehicles for some unknown reason then collided head-on in the northbound lane of Thomaston Avenue, police said.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2024

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024