milepost

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milepost

/ˈmaɪlˌpoʊst/ US

noun mileposts

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

verb mileposts · mileposting · mileposted

intransitive, transitive To place mileposts along (a road, etc.).

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@misc{milepost_2026,
  title = {milepost},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/milepost},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}