eastbound
adjective
east·bound ˈēs(t)-ˌbau̇nd 
: traveling or heading east
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The California Highway Patrol said Diaz’s eastbound Chevrolet pickup crashed into the victim’s westbound Honda just after 2:30 a.m. 
City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 Traffic was briefly stopped on the road’s eastbound side while the truck was safely removed from the area. Spencer Buell, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022 The eastbound flight will depart Seattle at 10:45 p.m., landing in Cleveland at 6:10 a.m. Susan Glaser, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2022 Webster was ejected into the left lane, where an eastbound car struck him and the motorcycle. Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2022 The shooting occurred near mile marker 158 on the eastbound side of the interstate while most state and local authorities in the area were searching for the downed helicopter on Aetna Mountain, just north of I-24, Burnett said. Ben Benton Chattanooga Times Free Press, al, 25 Aug. 2022 The southbound lanes will close at I-10 East, which additionally will close both the eastbound and westbound ramps to 610 as well as several other exit ramps associated with the road work. Katharine Jose, Chron, 26 Aug. 2022 Floodwater closed the eastbound freeway at mile marker 121, about 16 miles east of Desert Center, Leath said. Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022 Photos of the scene show that the silver plane ended up crashing into a chain-link fence along an embankment on Greenfield Drive — between two separate overpasses for eastbound and westbound I-8. David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022 See More
City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 Traffic was briefly stopped on the road’s eastbound side while the truck was safely removed from the area. Spencer Buell, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022 The eastbound flight will depart Seattle at 10:45 p.m., landing in Cleveland at 6:10 a.m. Susan Glaser, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2022 Webster was ejected into the left lane, where an eastbound car struck him and the motorcycle. Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2022 The shooting occurred near mile marker 158 on the eastbound side of the interstate while most state and local authorities in the area were searching for the downed helicopter on Aetna Mountain, just north of I-24, Burnett said. Ben Benton Chattanooga Times Free Press, al, 25 Aug. 2022 The southbound lanes will close at I-10 East, which additionally will close both the eastbound and westbound ramps to 610 as well as several other exit ramps associated with the road work. Katharine Jose, Chron, 26 Aug. 2022 Floodwater closed the eastbound freeway at mile marker 121, about 16 miles east of Desert Center, Leath said. Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022 Photos of the scene show that the silver plane ended up crashing into a chain-link fence along an embankment on Greenfield Drive — between two separate overpasses for eastbound and westbound I-8. David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1871, in the meaning defined above