Milestone
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A milestone is one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road or boundary at intervals of one mile or occasionally, parts of a mile. They are typically located at the side of the road or in a median. They are alternatively known as mile markers, mileposts or mile posts (sometimes abbreviated MPs). Mileage is the distance along the road from a fixed commencement point.
In common parlance it refers to an important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, or in the life of some project.
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See also
- Parting stone
- Highway location marker
- Kilometre zero
- Milepost equation
- Reassurance marker – a road sign with a route number, but no distance
- Boundary marker
- Survey marker
- Waymarking
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