Definition of northbound in English:
northbound
adjective ˈnɔːθbaʊndˈnɔrθˌbaʊnd
Travelling or leading towards the north.
Example sentencesExamples
- All but one of the four northbound motorway lanes had to be closed down for several hours creating jams and tailbacks.
- The situation will be reversed next year while the northbound carriageway is resurfaced.
- At least half that number is expected to take to the N9 northbound lane on Saturday.
- The outside lane of the northbound carriageway was closed for half an hour while recovery teams cleared away the debris.
- He then lost control of the vehicle, drove down through the ditch and back up, right into the northbound lanes on Highway 12.
- Police, travelling in the northbound lane noticed the fight and went to investigate.
- Options studied include restricting southbound vehicles to the present bridge and northbound traffic to the new crossing.
- The first part will involve northbound traffic being diverted from the Hopton roundabout through the Hopton Industrial Estate.
- A contra-flow system was implemented in the northbound lane within half an hour.
- He passed a northbound tractor trailer moving slowly in the northbound lane with its right hand turn signal on.
- A similar operation was carried out on the northbound carriageway in 1998, causing major traffic queues.
- Traffic using the northbound diversion will be given priority for the right turn in front of the town hall and into Kingsbury Street.
- At lunchtime the bridge was clear southbound and there were only minor delays on the northbound carriageway.
- In October, drivers sat in traffic jams and the northbound lanes of the M271 were blocked after a lorry went over on its side during morning rush hour.
- Delays were expected as recovery teams were working to remove one vehicle from two lanes of the northbound carriageway today.
- A minibus taxi overturned on Hospital Bend, where northbound lanes were awash in a river of brown, silt-laden water.
- On Monday I witnessed three cyclists exiting the northbound cycle lane on Stricklandgate in quick succession.
- One lane of the northbound carriageway was closed while emergency services dealt with the accident.
- The junction, just south of Tewkesbury allows access only to northbound traffic and an exit for southbound.
- A new merge lane for northbound traffic turning onto the Pacific Highway is also expected to be completed by the end of the month.
Definition of northbound in US English:
northbound
adjectiveˈnôrTHˌboundˈnɔrθˌbaʊnd
Traveling or leading toward the north.
they slowly drove back along the shoulder of the northbound lane
Example sentencesExamples
- He passed a northbound tractor trailer moving slowly in the northbound lane with its right hand turn signal on.
- Options studied include restricting southbound vehicles to the present bridge and northbound traffic to the new crossing.
- A minibus taxi overturned on Hospital Bend, where northbound lanes were awash in a river of brown, silt-laden water.
- The junction, just south of Tewkesbury allows access only to northbound traffic and an exit for southbound.
- A new merge lane for northbound traffic turning onto the Pacific Highway is also expected to be completed by the end of the month.
- Delays were expected as recovery teams were working to remove one vehicle from two lanes of the northbound carriageway today.
- Traffic using the northbound diversion will be given priority for the right turn in front of the town hall and into Kingsbury Street.
- At least half that number is expected to take to the N9 northbound lane on Saturday.
- The outside lane of the northbound carriageway was closed for half an hour while recovery teams cleared away the debris.
- At lunchtime the bridge was clear southbound and there were only minor delays on the northbound carriageway.
- The first part will involve northbound traffic being diverted from the Hopton roundabout through the Hopton Industrial Estate.
- A contra-flow system was implemented in the northbound lane within half an hour.
- Police, travelling in the northbound lane noticed the fight and went to investigate.
- A similar operation was carried out on the northbound carriageway in 1998, causing major traffic queues.
- One lane of the northbound carriageway was closed while emergency services dealt with the accident.
- The situation will be reversed next year while the northbound carriageway is resurfaced.
- In October, drivers sat in traffic jams and the northbound lanes of the M271 were blocked after a lorry went over on its side during morning rush hour.
- All but one of the four northbound motorway lanes had to be closed down for several hours creating jams and tailbacks.
- On Monday I witnessed three cyclists exiting the northbound cycle lane on Stricklandgate in quick succession.
- He then lost control of the vehicle, drove down through the ditch and back up, right into the northbound lanes on Highway 12.