milepost

Definitions

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

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Examples

“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.”

“[...] the 4 miles at 1 in 180 up to Sanquhar were mounted with no greater fall⟳ in speed⟳ than from 65 to 59 m.p.h., after which, possibly as a result⟳ of easing the engine or because the strain⟳ on steam supply⟳ was beginning to tell⟳, the final 3½ miles up at 1 in 200 up to milepost 59½ were surmounted at a minimum of 49½ m.p.h.”

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