Wondering how to use Milepost in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as milestone or marker.
Milepost meaning
- A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places.
- 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).
Using Milepost
- The main meaning on this page is: A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places. | 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).
- Useful related words include: milestone, marker, marking, mark.
- In the example corpus, milepost often appears in combinations such as: near milepost, at milepost, from milepost.
Context around Milepost
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 14 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Milepost
- In this selection, "milepost" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, near, traditional, border, 112, zero and 115 stand out and add context to how "milepost" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 260 near milepost 20 and 4 to milepost 115 5. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "milepost" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with milepost
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Memorial Day is a traditional milepost that is supposed to separate contenders from pretenders. (14 words)
It’s between Dinosaur and Maybell, from milepost 31 to 37, near Elk Springs. (14 words)
Near milepost 126, on an icy bridge deck, Havard lost control of the pickup. (14 words)
A lot about these incidents is unknown, but here’s what OSP said it does know: at least three passenger vehicles and two trucks have been hit, and it’s happening in the areas between milepost 67 to 100 on both the north and southbound sides of I-5. (49 words)
He was mesmerized—along with nearly everyone else who was cheering on their teams from their outdoor tables while enjoying bites and sips from Milepost Zero’s half-dozen food stalls and 35-tap self-serve beer wall. (38 words)
The Bannock County Coroner’s Office, in cooperation with Idaho State Police, has confirmed the identity of the deceased following a three-vehicle collision on I15 southbound at milepost 70.4 in Bannock County on Friday, Feb. 17. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Milepost 112.4 to Milepost 115.5 is now open providing access to Explore Park from the north.
He was mesmerized—along with nearly everyone else who was cheering on their teams from their outdoor tables while enjoying bites and sips from Milepost Zero’s half-dozen food stalls and 35-tap self-serve beer wall.
Memorial Day is a traditional milepost that is supposed to separate contenders from pretenders.
The Bannock County Coroner’s Office, in cooperation with Idaho State Police, has confirmed the identity of the deceased following a three-vehicle collision on I15 southbound at milepost 70.4 in Bannock County on Friday, Feb. 17.
Milepost Zero HQ: Fixed an issue where Stairs were not appearing with the Military theme.
The closure was due to a crash at milepost 231 near Queen Creek Canyon Road.
The highway was closed at milepost 230 east of Superior, about 65 miles east of downtown Phoenix, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
A lot about these incidents is unknown, but here’s what OSP said it does know: at least three passenger vehicles and two trucks have been hit, and it’s happening in the areas between milepost 67 to 100 on both the north and southbound sides of I-5.
At least one person died in the crash near milepost 92, the Oregon Department of Transportation said in a news release.
Old Oregon Trail Highway – Median cable barrier installation work at various sites between Boardman and Idaho border, milepost 155-378, with most work in Baker County area.
It’s between Dinosaur and Maybell, from milepost 31 to 37, near Elk Springs.
Oregon State Police said the crash happened on the evening of September 3 on Highway 260 near milepost 20.
The town’s Milepost Historic District, which also includes the Pioneer Cemetery, the old schoolhouse next to it and the surrounding area, recognizes a location of unique historic and architectural significance.
Wyoming Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Jeremy Beck says the accident occurred near milepost 7, and involved a commercial vehicle and a passenger vehicle.
According to a Geneseo Police press release, the driver of a silver Mazda was heading westbound on I-80 near milepost 22 when the car left the roadway around 7:30 p.m.
According to the Department of Transportation’s Shannon McCarthy, rock falls nears McHugh Creek and milepost 112 have closed the south-bound Seward Highway.
But he said he didn’t see a marker at milepost 18 or a nearby 30 mph speed warning sign.
Illinois State Police responded shortly after 10pm on Friday evening to milepost 41 just South of Touhy Avenue on the expressway.
Near milepost 126, on an icy bridge deck, Havard lost control of the pickup.
The crash occurred shortly before 6:30 p.m. Thursday on Highway 51 near milepost 130, when Sams tried to reportedly tried to pass a Campbell County Fire Department rescue truck at a high rate of speed.
Common combinations with milepost
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- near milepost 7×
- at milepost 5×
- from milepost 4×
- milepost to 3×
- milepost on 3×
- to milepost 2×
- milepost zero 2×
- milepost near 2×
- milepost when 2×