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
• The crash shut down the southbound side of the bridge for hours, while the northbound side was closed briefly.
  — Susan Haigh, Fortune, 2 May 2024
• Two left lanes are blocked and southbound side is slowed.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022
• The truck came to rest facing northeast in the southbound lanes.
  — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2021
• At one point, the southbound lanes of the nearby 405 Freeway were briefly shut down.
  — Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• Among those is a left turn lane on southbound South Gilmore Road.
  — Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2021
• The first one a few weeks ago affected southbound lanes of I-5.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2023
• The right two lanes of the southbound highway at Killingsworth Street remained closed.
  — oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2021
• All four southbound lanes have reopened on the Brent Spence Bridge.
  — Briana Rice, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2021
• The right lane will be closed at Highway 100 southbound long term.
  — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2022
• The southbound lane remains closed as the CHP awaits a tow truck to pull the car from the beach, Anderson said.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Sep. 2021
• The attack took place on the southbound 7 train around 8:40 a.m., police said.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 13 June 2022
• The southbound lanes are then planned to be closed between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 17 Sep. 2021
• On the same night, crews will close the southbound exit to Chimney Rock Road for about two months.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 4 May 2022
• 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
• Some of the biggest savings can be found on southbound routes.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2024
• 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 wreck blocked all southbound lanes for about an hour, causing traffic to pile up.
  — Caroline Silva, ajc, 9 Dec. 2021
• Both southbound bores of the tunnel are closed while first responders are on the scene.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2022
• 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
• Another speed check was installed on the southbound curve, but not the north.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2022
• The crash forced the closure of a carpool lane until about 5:15 p.m. and caused southbound traffic to back up.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2022
• Police said the man was the first victim and was attacked on the stairs leading to the southbound entrance of the station.
  — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
• The car veered off southbound Interstate 5 and overturned in the creek below.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• The sign was displayed along the southbound lanes of Highway 99 near Dexter Avenue North.
  — Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Feb 2025