southbound lane

collocation in English

meaningsofsouthboundandlane

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southbound
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˈsaʊθ.baʊnd/us
/ˈsaʊθ.baʊnd/
going or leading towards ...
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lane
noun[C]
uk
/leɪn/us
/leɪn/
a narrow road in the countryside or in ...
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(Definition ofsouthboundandlanefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Subject to detailed investigation, it might also provide for the thirdsouthboundlaneto continue some way beyond junction 3 as a crawler lane.
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Thesouthboundlanegets two lanes in the morning to alleviate traffic pressures.
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An entry road forks to the left from the northbound lane and crosses thesouthboundlanevia an underpass with on/off ramp.
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There are three northbound lanes, a center turn lane, and onesouthboundlane.
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In 1998, the southern two blocks were reopened to auto traffic, albeit a singlesouthboundlaneonly.
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The route narrows to three lanes with two northbound lanes and onesouthboundlaneas it heads north through woodland.
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According to eyewitness reports, the resulting fires caused cars to be set alight on the road, and took a huge bite out of thesouthboundlane.
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This caused widespread flooding in the area, submerged the southbound lanes of the freeway, and collapsed the ramp.
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The route becomes a four-lane road in a wooded area before turning into a three-lane road with one northbound lane and two southbound lanes.
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The northbound lanes were abandoned, and the southbound lanes became a two-lane road.
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The typical traffic flow has two northbound lanes in the east tube and two southbound lanes in the west tube.
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This has proven to be a major success, carrying more persons in the morning rush hour than all other southbound lanes combined.
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The southbound lanes were completed in early 2007.
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The route turns north into more forested areas, curving west and becoming a three-lane road with two southbound lanes and one northbound lane.
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The new configuration has seven southbound lanes on the newly constructed span, and the original span has eight northbound lanes, carries northbound traffic only.
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The green structure, which is over 3500ftm 0 long, carries traffic over three northbound lanes and three southbound lanes.
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Construction began in summer of 2008 to build new northbound lanes next to the straighter southbound lanes.
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To the northbound lanes, local homes side the highway, while the southbound lanes are sided by industrial factories and businesses.
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Both northbound and southbound lanes were closed down.
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