How to Use westbound in a Sentence

westbound

adjective
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  • Traffic in the westbound lane is backing up.
  • Her car was found on the shoulder of the westbound lanes of the Dulles Toll Road a short distance away.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The car ended up overturned in a westbound lane of SR-52.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Crews will be pumping water from the eastbound lanes across the westbound lanes of I-94 to a drainage ditch.
    — Joe Taschler, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The westbound portion of the freeway will remain closed through the weekend.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
  • The road’s eastbound sides were shut down, and one lane was getting by on the westbound side in the morning rush hour.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
  • In the end, seven cars were involved in the crash – three on the eastbound lanes, including the truck, and four on the westbound side.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The westbound lanes of the turnpike were closed from Sandusky to Fremont for much of Friday night.
    — Staff Reports, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The Orchard Lake Road ramp to westbound I-696 will remain closed through late fall.
    — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Police closed the westbound lanes on the freeway until about 2 a.m., Noah said.
    — Alex Groth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The crash site kept the westbound lanes of Commercial Boulevard closed for much of the afternoon.
    — David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Mar. 2022
  • The left lane of westbound I-30 is also closed, according to the agency.
    — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 18 July 2022
  • Officers closed all lanes of westbound I-8 in the area as well as the on-ramp for several hours.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • For westbound traffic, take I-65 northbound to I-70 westbound at the South Split.
    — Morgan Womack, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2023
  • The crash happened shortly before 9:15 a.m. on the westbound side of the highway, State Police said.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The eastbound lanes were opened Monday morning, while the westbound lanes were opened in the afternoon.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The passenger side struck the front of another Freightliner in the right lane on the westbound side, the report states.
    — Brianna Kwasnik, Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2022
  • When the bridge is not entirely closed, two of its six lanes are open eastbound and two westbound lanes are open as well.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 22 Apr. 2022
  • According to Graves, Phoenix fire crews reported finding the body of a man on the shoulder of the westbound I-10.
    — Jodicee Arianna, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2022
  • All westbound lanes are blocked at New Haven Road for the next several hours, police said.
    — Jennifer Baker Edwards, The Enquirer, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The eastbound tunnels opened in March 2022, while motorists were allowed to use the westbound tunnels in May of last year.
    — Brianna Griff, Chron, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The vehicle with the shooter was last seen driving westbound Main Street.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • From Barstow to Albert, however, the road will have two eastbound lanes and one westbound lane.
    — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The California Highway Patrol reported a car was stopped in the right lane on the westbound side of the bridge.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
  • The driver was possibly in a white BMW coupe and headed westbound.
    — Nathan Solisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022
  • The truck rolled over early Tuesday on westbound I-64 in Charleston.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
  • The Norwood Lateral will then close in the westbound direction for 80 days.
    — The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The crash occurred shortly after 4 a.m. on State Highway 51 as House drove east in the road's westbound lanes, police said.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2022
  • All Interstate 10 westbound lanes were closed for about an hour after a semitruck rolled over west of Buckeye.
    — Kye Graves, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The westbound lanes of I-70 were closed during the crash investigation.
    — Holly Yan and Paradise Afshar, CNN, 24 July 2022

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