mileposts

Noun

milepost (plural mileposts)

1. A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places.

   Synonyms:

   milepole

2. A sign or post beside a railway marking the distance from the (actual or nominal) start of a line (usually the principal terminus or junction with a more major line).
   • But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.1946 July and August, “Mileposts and their Peculiarities”, in Railway Magazine, page 217

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