How to Use southbound in a Sentence

southbound

adjective

• The southbound lanes are closed to traffic.
• The incident led to the closure of the southbound lanes of the bridge.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
• At one point, the southbound lanes of the nearby 405 Freeway were briefly shut down.
  — Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• The first one a few weeks ago affected southbound lanes of I-5.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2023
• The boy was flung into the southbound lanes where he was run over by a driver who did not see him.
  — David Harris, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2022
• This stirred up southbound, high-speed gales that promoted the advance of the flames.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
• To reach the crossing, Mr. Alshawamreh rose at 5 a.m. and waited in the darkness for a southbound car pool.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
• Once complete, work will be done to do the same on the southbound side, city officials said.
  — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
• Traffic will be shifted to the southbound side of the roadway and tunnels during the work.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2024
• The southbound lane has since reopened, but the northbound lane remains closed.
  — ABC News, 25 Feb. 2023
• The suspect walked out of the bar and was headed southbound on Lakeland from Madison.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2022
• The car veered off southbound Interstate 5 and overturned in the creek below.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• The northbound and southbound I-17 ramps to eastbound I-10 also will be closed.
  — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 26 Jan. 2024
• The bicyclist was found in the righthand lane of southbound North Oak Trafficway, and pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2024
• The entrance and exit ramps to and from the southbound stretch of the Turnpike at Commercial Boulevard were closed as of 8:30 a.m.
  — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• Police spotted the Equinox on southbound Mulberry and pulled over the car.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
• Michael Morgan, 68, was in the center of the southbound lane in the Happy Valley area when he was struck, troopers said.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
• Plan for other overnight on- and off-ramp closures along southbound Loop 101.
  — The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
• The southbound lane was cleared before the northbound lane was, posts on X from IDrive Arkansas said.
  — Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2023
• The full route from Bergen to Kirkenes and back calls at 34 ports throughout the 11-night voyage, visiting most of them on both the northbound and southbound leg.
  — David Nikel, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• The cool northwest winds from such fronts are loaded with southbound migrants.
  — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The bridge is the same one that was struck in March 2018 by a truck hauling a load too tall to fit on the southbound side of the Glenn, triggering colossal traffic jams.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2022
• The road rage shooting took place on Sunday in the southbound lanes of Interstate 75, the sheriff's office said.
  — Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2024
• The southbound lanes were reopened by 2:30 p.m., while the northbound lanes will remain closed for several more hours.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2023
• All southbound lanes on the 5 Freeway were shut down after two people were killed in a crash involving a big rig.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
• Officers found a man dead in the center of the southbound lanes of State Road 37 on the city's south side after being struck by a vehicle.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022
• Deputies shut down a traffic lane on the southbound side of Cuyamaca Street for the investigation.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• The pickup went through the fence, down an embankment and into southbound lanes of traffic on the I-15, officials said.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
• Individuals who crossed the southbound portion of the road around 6:25 a.m.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 12 June 2023
• Peterson was driving northbound in the in the southbound lanes of the 3200 block of Skokie Valley Road and struck two vehicles.
  — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024