Get to know Northbound better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like northward or north.
Northbound in a sentence
Northbound meaning
Heading or moving in a northerly direction; or of infrastructure, intended for travelling northwards.
Using Northbound
- The main meaning on this page is: Heading or moving in a northerly direction; or of infrastructure, intended for travelling northwards.
- Useful related words include: northward, north.
- In the example corpus, northbound often appears in combinations such as: the northbound, northbound lanes, northbound between.
Context around Northbound
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Northbound
- In this selection, "northbound" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fire, avenue, bypass, carriageway, southfield and lanes stand out and add context to how "northbound" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include across all northbound lanes of and align with northbound one way. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "northbound" sits close to words such as acc, apprehended and ba, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with northbound
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All northbound traffic was diverted to Olivera Rd exit. (9 words)
A crash on the M1 northbound near caused delays for traffic. (11 words)
AA Traffic News say northbound is also slow as it passes the crash. (13 words)
On Wednesday, crews plan to close the northbound I-35 off ramp to Route N at 7 a.m. and reopen it around 1 p.m. The on ramp from Route N to northbound I-35 will close at noon and reopen around 5 p.m. All work is weather permitting and subject to change. (55 words)
Authorities said they have not yet been able to locate the vehicle that lost its tire on the northbound side of the highway and are asking anyone with information regarding the incident to come forward. (35 words)
To do that safely and efficiently, a full weekend closure of the M6 between junctions 4 and 6 on the northbound carriageway and the M42 junction 4a to M6 northbound link road is needed. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Westbound I-96 traffic heading for northbound Southfield Freeway will be detoured further west to northbound Telegraph Road to eastbound 8 Mile Road to northbound Southfield Freeway.
To do that safely and efficiently, a full weekend closure of the M6 between junctions 4 and 6 on the northbound carriageway and the M42 junction 4a to M6 northbound link road is needed.
The northbound carriageway was blocked until around noon following the fire northbound between junction 15 for the Almondsbury Interchange to junction 14 for Thornbury in South Gloucestershire.
On Wednesday, crews plan to close the northbound I-35 off ramp to Route N at 7 a.m. and reopen it around 1 p.m. The on ramp from Route N to northbound I-35 will close at noon and reopen around 5 p.m. All work is weather permitting and subject to change.
After Sweet Avenue, northbound Main Street bends a block east to align with northbound one-way Washington Street, intersecting the two-way Troy Highway from the southeast.
A1 Western Bypass Northbound around A167 Angel Of The North coming from Chester-le-Street, County Durham.
A 2017 Chevrolet Malibu that was traveling northbound struck debris from the original impact.
AA Traffic News say northbound is also slow as it passes the crash.
Accessible boarding areas are coming too and the platform edges will be reconstructed to serve the northbound and southbound 4 and 5 trains.
According to Sparks, the renovated Exit 14 would eliminate the five-point intersection at this location by tying in the southbound ramp with the northbound.
A crash on the M1 northbound near caused delays for traffic.
Adam Swanson rides northbound on Chile's Carretera Austral highway in February 2023 during his around-the-world bicycle trip.
A driver entered State Route 51 at Shea Boulevard around 2 a.m. and was traveling south in the northbound lanes, DPS said in a press release.
A driver was injured in what was a three-car crash on the A444 northbound this morning.
A landslide sent debris across all northbound lanes of Interstate 5 north of Woodland on Monday afternoon.
All northbound traffic was diverted to Olivera Rd exit.
A section of the northbound carriageway on the M6 will be closed due to essential maintenance work.
A temporary hold on the M3 northbound has led to queuing traffic between Junctions 4 and 3 near Frimley and Lightwater.
Authorities said they have not yet been able to locate the vehicle that lost its tire on the northbound side of the highway and are asking anyone with information regarding the incident to come forward.
A witness told Cabot police that the boys moved to the northbound tracks when they encountered a southbound train on the tracks closest to the park.
Common combinations with northbound
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the northbound 85×
- northbound lanes 24×
- northbound between 15×
- northbound and 13×
- northbound traffic 12×
- on northbound 12×
- northbound carriageway 11×
- northbound side 8×
- to northbound 7×
- northbound on 7×