alternate route

Example Sentences

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Motorists will be forced to drive all the way around the mountainous Camp Pendleton — which spans 125,000 acres — utilizing Interstate 15 as the primary alternate route.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025

Degrate had turned down FM 2989 as an alternate route.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

“By opening this alternate route, we will support the flow of marine traffic into Baltimore.”

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Traditionally many people trying to reach the United States have flown into Brazil or other South American countries, but knowledge of this alternate route has spread through word of mouth.

From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2023

A couple of times, the drivers came back to the church saying that they were cut off and there was no alternate route to the site.”

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman