Examples of northbound in a Sentence
The northbound lanes are closed.
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Broken down vehicle on northbound US-169 North in Kansas City
There is a broken down vehicle on US-169 North from I-70/I-35/US-40/US-24 to The Downtown Airport.
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Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Illinois State Police responded to the northbound lanes near 111th Street around 1:15 a.m. for a single-vehicle rollover crash.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
The project includes the addition of a third lane on both the northbound and southbound legs of Randall to increase capacity and improve intersection safety, a social media post from the Kane County Division of Transportation said.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
The crash was reported just after 5:05 a.m. on the northbound lanes of I-5 just south of Harbor Drive.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
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Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Illinois State Police responded to the northbound lanes near 111th Street around 1:15 a.m. for a single-vehicle rollover crash.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
The project includes the addition of a third lane on both the northbound and southbound legs of Randall to increase capacity and improve intersection safety, a social media post from the Kane County Division of Transportation said.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
The crash was reported just after 5:05 a.m. on the northbound lanes of I-5 just south of Harbor Drive.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Northbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/northbound. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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northbound
adjective
north·bound
ˈnȯrth-ˌbau̇nd 
: headed north
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