How to Use westbound in a Sentence
westbound
adjective- Traffic in the westbound lane is backing up.
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The crash closed the westbound lanes of I-480 for more than two hours.
—Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2021
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The westbound lanes will be closed from Aug. 3 to Sept. 4.
—Kellie Hwang, Indianapolis Star, 25 Feb. 2020
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The front of the Ram hit the right side of the Maxima and the two cars spun to a stop in the westbound lanes.
—Henri Hollis, ajc, 17 Mar. 2021
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The Levielles stood on the Bunn Road overpass above the westbound lanes on I-78.
—Marcus Hayes, Philly.com, 13 July 2017
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This time the crash is on the westbound side of the Interstate.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Feb. 2022
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The westbound lane of Fifth Avenue was closed near the area.
—Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2020
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Both the eastbound and westbound lanes are closed as crews work to clear the street.
—Michael Williams, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2021
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The 20-year-old’s car came to a rest in the westbound lane of Lake June Road, police said.
—Dallas News, 19 May 2020
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The westbound lane of Miles was closed a short time later.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com, 20 June 2019
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The westbound lanes of those blocks will be closed from July 10 to Sept. 10.
—Steve Harrison, charlotteobserver, 3 July 2018
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Her car was found on the shoulder of the westbound lanes of the Dulles Toll Road a short distance away.
—Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
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The westbound lanes of I-70 were shut down overnight and traffic was backed up for miles through the evening.
—Ryan Osborne, The Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2019
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The car ended up overturned in a westbound lane of SR-52.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
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Val Vista Drive off-ramp as well as the westbound Gilbert Road off-ramp.
—Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2021
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The first crashes happened in the westbound lanes of the highway.
—Sandra E. Garcia, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2019
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The southbound State Route 51 ramp to westbound I-10 will be closed.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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The southbound State Route 51 ramp to westbound I-10 will be closed.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 2025
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Provost was driving east when the car crossed the center line of Route 44 and hit a tree on the westbound side of the road.
—Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 30 Dec. 2020
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The westbound side of Route 2 was closed for about 3 1/2 hours, state police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
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The crash left a semi on its side across the westbound lanes of the interstate.
—The Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2021
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Troopers said the front of the Jeep struck the left side of Miller’s car in the inside westbound traffic lanes.
—Brianna Kwasnik, Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2021
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The crash shut down the westbound lanes of the highway for several hours.
—Matt Campbell, kansascity, 20 Feb. 2018
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And a crash caused part of the westbound side of Military Road near Beach Drive to close.
—Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2018
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The 52-second video appears to be shot from a motorist in the westbound lane of I-10.
—al, 5 May 2021
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The closure on the westbound side won’t begin until 9 a.m., at the end of rush hour.
—Robert Higgs, cleveland.com, 10 Sep. 2019
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Both eastbound and westbound lanes of the highway were blocked for about 2.5 hours.
—Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 25 May 2018
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The crash occurred near the westbound exit ramp to Baumhart Road, the release says.
—Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, 21 Aug. 2019
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The westbound side of I-84 was shut down for about four hours while a wrecker removed the vehicle.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2025
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She and another woman in the vehicle were shot on westbound Interstate 394 near Penn Avenue.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 8 July 2025
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