milepost
- Noun. A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places.
- Noun. (rail transport) 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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