Examples of northbound in a Sentence
The northbound lanes are closed.
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Troopers responded around 12:40 a.m. to the northbound lanes of Interstate 635 about one mile from Interstate 70, according to a crash report.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2025
All northbound lanes at Garden Acres Drive were closed following the wreck, the Texas Department of Transportation posted on X around 9:45 a.m.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2025
The crash happened around 10:40 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the highway near mile marker 8, said FHP Lt. Alejandro Camacho, an agency spokesman.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
The car crash was first reported shortly before 1 p.m. when the vehicle drove off West El Camino Avenue in Sacramento and crashed onto the northbound lanes of I-5, according to the California Highway Patrol’s online dispatch records.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 17 Feb. 2025
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2025
All northbound lanes at Garden Acres Drive were closed following the wreck, the Texas Department of Transportation posted on X around 9:45 a.m.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2025
The crash happened around 10:40 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the highway near mile marker 8, said FHP Lt. Alejandro Camacho, an agency spokesman.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
The car crash was first reported shortly before 1 p.m. when the vehicle drove off West El Camino Avenue in Sacramento and crashed onto the northbound lanes of I-5, according to the California Highway Patrol’s online dispatch records.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Northbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/northbound. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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northbound
adjective
north·bound
ˈnȯrth-ˌbau̇nd 
: headed north
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