Examples of southbound in a Sentence
The southbound lanes are closed to traffic.
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Motorists can detour by taking the I-43 southbound exit ramp to Highway 100 (108th Street); Highway 100 to Layton Avenue; and Layton Avenue to the 60th Street entrance ramp back to I-41 southbound/I-43 northbound/I-894 eastbound.
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Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The baby girl was found wrapped in a blanket at the southbound 1 train platform at 34th Street-Penn Station during the Monday morning rush hour, police said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
The teens were headed southbound when Neff collided with them head-on, then a tractor-trailer struck their vehicle from behind, police said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Westbound 101 drivers may exit southbound 59th before using westbound Thunderbird Road to reach Loop 101.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The baby girl was found wrapped in a blanket at the southbound 1 train platform at 34th Street-Penn Station during the Monday morning rush hour, police said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
The teens were headed southbound when Neff collided with them head-on, then a tractor-trailer struck their vehicle from behind, police said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Westbound 101 drivers may exit southbound 59th before using westbound Thunderbird Road to reach Loop 101.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Southbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southbound. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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southbound
adjective
south·bound
ˈsau̇th-ˌbau̇nd 
: headed south
a southbound train
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