Sentence examples for closing off highways from inspiring English sources
When a storm hits, controllers begin closing off highways and spacing planes farther apart, leading to long delays on the ground.
President Alfredo Palacio declared a state of emergency late Tuesday, the ninth day of protests by thousands of Indians against free trade talks with the United States that have closed off highways and led to millions of dollars in lost commerce.
A man was threatening to jump, and police closed off the highway and used the line of trucks to shorten the fall, the Detroit Free Press reported. .
Chris Harrison, who posted the photo above, said in a comment that he and some other 18-wheelers happened to be first in line when the police closed off the highway to respond to a 911 call that a man was spotted on the edge of an overpass. .
The gunmen, some of whom died as well, used buses to close off major highways and obstruct reinforcements by the authorities, an increasingly common tactic employed by Mexico's drug cartels.
Major highways and the local airport will be closed off to ensure the safety and mobility of the visitors.
Cyclists are used to seeing new highways built, but they seldom find the old ones closed off to cars and ripe for two-wheeled takeover.
The bodies of the 43 men and six women were found in the town of San Juan on the non-toll highway to the border city of Reynosa at about 4am on Sunday morning, forcing police and troops to close off the highway.
The streets are closed off.
