How to Use northbound in a Sentence

northbound

adjective
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  • The northbound lanes are closed.
  • The first phase will rebuild the northbound side of the road.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • Traffic soon came to a halt before the northbound lanes of the highway gave way.
    — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
  • Deputies did not locate the vehicle that lost a tire on the northbound side of I-75.
    — The Enquirer, 17 July 2023
  • 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
  • The northbound lanes were closed for an hour so the investigation could take place.
    — Ayana Hamilton, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The crash prompted officials to close the northbound and southbound lanes of the bridge, part of Interstate 95.
    — Amanda Kaufman, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • State police said the students were in a Jeep that was stalled on the interstate's northbound shoulder.
    — CBS News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The backpack was discovered near milepost 260 next to the northbound side of the interstate.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Martha Arlinghaus, 83, was struck in the northbound lane of the highway by a driver going the wrong way, police said.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The closure affects all northbound lanes and lasts from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Friday.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The Orlando man, who was driving a 2004 Ford Mustang, was traveling the wrong way in the northbound lanes.
    — Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The tire went onto the northbound side of the freeway, striking the Clarkston man's vehicle on its windshield.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2023
  • The northbound side of the highway reopened after the helicopter was cleared, while the southbound lanes reopened around 7a.m.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
  • State police said an initial crash caused a chain reaction of crashes in the northbound lanes after a sedan spun out in the rain.
    — Tim Richardson, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
  • In the city, the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 were closed around Laurel Canyon Boulevard because of flooding.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The accident shut down all northbound lanes of the highway around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The crash closed northbound lanes of Muldoon at East Sixth early Thursday morning.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Nov. 2022

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