How to Use northbound in a Sentence

northbound

adjective
  • The northbound lanes are closed.
  • 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 forced the closure of two northbound lanes for about two hours.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • High winds toppled a semi-truck on I-25 in the northbound lane just past Garden of the Gods Rd.
    CBS News, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Kemm said the impact sent Mack and Sisca into the northbound lanes of the highway.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The man was one of three occupants involved in a single car crash on the northbound side of I-275.
    Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The vehicle was later spotted driving the wrong way in the northbound lanes of I-405.
    The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Two of the five crashes were fatal, with one death in a crash on the northbound side and two on the southbound side of the interstate.
    Judson Jones and Monica Garrett, CNN, 3 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • In addition, the northbound I-17 circular ramp to westbound SR 74 was scheduled to be closed at night.
    Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2024
  • After that, all northbound lanes along that stretch, as well as entrance and exit ramps, will be closed until 6 a.m. Thursday.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024

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