milepost

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Just last week, Caltrans announced that it had finished its design plan for repairs at Regent’s Slide, a massive pile of earth and muck blocking the road near milepost 27.8.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2024

The closed section of road contains three separate slide sites: Regent’s Slide, the Dolan Point Slide at milepost 29.5 and Paul’s Slide at milepost 22.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2024

Eastbound traffic is stopped at milepost 138, seven miles east of Packwood.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2024

This week most NBA teams will pass the one-quarter mark of their schedule, a milepost when, according to a persistent NBA belief, teams begin to reveal what they are and how they play.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Around 6:40 a.m., just minutes before dawn, Keith and Jim neared milepost 106.6, which was right around the turnoff to a gun range.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel