How to Use causeway in a Sentence

causeway

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  • The island is linked by a causeway to the mainland.
  • The causeway is the longest continuous bridge over water in the world.
    — CBS News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Humans built a causeway through the Keys and dredged the Key West harbor.
    — Ben Guarino, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • But that idea would still keep a toll lane on the causeway over Lake Norman.
    — Steve Harrison, charlotteobserver, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Freight trains run past the front door on their own offshore causeway.
    — Curbed, 2 June 2022
  • Crews were first clearing the land on the river bank to build a causeway that will lead to the bridge, which will span 640 feet.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2022
  • That’s east of the last spit of mainland before the causeway running south to the Dauphin Island Bridge.
    — Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023
  • But there’s reason to make your way to the causeway during the warmer months: The bridge is home to thousands and thousands of bats.
    — David Ferry, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • In past years, the city has in some cases sought to shut down state-run causeways entering the city.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
  • A few years after the new causeway was built, the bats started showing up.
    — David Ferry, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • One of the most storied parklands in Southie, the causeway around Pleasure Bay, begins on the right.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2021
  • Amid that effort, in the 1930s, a small causeway was built to connect Morro Rock to the mainland.
    — Jerry Rice, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The causeway was one of the world’s busiest land borders before the pandemic struck.
    — Fox News, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Lee County will start collecting tolls on the bridge again Jan. 1 ($6 per car); and on Jan. 2, the causeway will open to all.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The crash happened just before 6 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of the causeway, near U.S. 1, blocking all three lanes.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
  • At one point Friday evening, eastbound lanes on the causeway re-opened.
    — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Cyclists currently must ride along a high-speed, two-lane road to get to the causeway.
    — Tony Bizjak and Kellen Browning, sacbee, 4 June 2018
  • There are beaches on either side of a causeway that leads to a rocky island.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2019
  • These were more decisive than the battle at the causeway.
    — Sebastien Roblin, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021
  • This area of the lake was separated from the South Arm in the 1950s with the construction of a railroad causeway.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Israeli troops are expected to connect the causeway with a point on the Gaza shore.
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
  • The rebuilding of the causeway, split apart in five areas, may prove to be the biggest challenge.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The north shore state park area, the dam, Walnut Creek, the Cawker causeway, and the river channel are all good places to find white bass.
    — Tyler Mahoney, kansascity, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The island's main point of access is I-45, a causeway that crosses West Bay on the northeast side of the island.
    — Rebecca Treon, Chron, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The park is connected to the Great Salt Lake's southeastern shore by a 7-mile causeway.
    — NBC News, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The broken causeway to Sanibel Island might not be passable until the end of the month.
    — Stephen Smith and Bobby Caina Calvan, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The repaving is part of the Fabyan West pedestrian bridge and causeway project, officials said.
    — Beacon-News Staff, chicagotribune.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • There is also a large open hole under the causeway bridge that should be avoided.
    — Tyler Mahoney, kansascity, 17 Jan. 2018
  • The waters around the many causeways and bridges on Guntersville are particular hotspots for the birds, and for the baitfish.
    — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Together, the Trident and its driveway-like causeway are about 1,800 feet.
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024

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