How to Use southbound in a Sentence

southbound

adjective
  • The southbound lanes are closed to traffic.
  • Seavey was the first musher to set off on the southbound trail.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Both northbound and southbound lanes in the area were closed.
    — Emma Dale, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2020
  • The southbound lane will remain closed at all times.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
  • At one point, all lanes of southbound 880 were closed.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The southbound lanes have since reopened.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • The vehicle came to rest on the left side of the southbound lanes.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2020
  • Some of the biggest savings can be found on southbound routes.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2024
  • The truck came to rest facing northeast in the southbound lanes.
    — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Lower speeds in southbound lanes.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
  • He was struck by a car that was driving southbound, police said.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • Both northbound and southbound lanes are closed in the tunnel.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2020
  • The semi stopped in the southbound lanes and part of the northbound lanes.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The wreck blocked all southbound lanes for about an hour, causing traffic to pile up.
    — Caroline Silva, ajc, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The southbound side will also close later this month.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Among those is a left turn lane on southbound South Gilmore Road.
    — Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The incident led to the closure of the southbound lanes of the bridge.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The car then fell over a wall on the highway and was hit by two southbound vehicles.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The lanes will only be open for southbound travel over the course of this weekend.
    — Henri Hollis, ajc, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Both southbound bores of the tunnel are closed while first responders are on the scene.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2022
  • The driver hit the pedestrian in the left lane of the southbound side, cops said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Once complete, work will be done to do the same on the southbound side, city officials said.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
  • This stirred up southbound, high-speed gales that promoted the advance of the flames.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The southbound lane has since reopened, but the northbound lane remains closed.
    — ABC News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • All southbound lanes of Lapeer Road were closed for a time as a result of the crash.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • Their car crossed into the southbound lane on Scott Road, struck a tree and caught fire.
    — Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026
  • The first one a few weeks ago affected southbound lanes of I-5.
    — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The right lane will be closed at Highway 100 southbound long term.
    — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2022

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