page_title: Milestone
section_title: Myanmar
hierarchical_section_title: Milestone / Modern highways / Myanmar
caption_attribution_description: English: Mileposts on the YME use miles followed by furlongs (one-eighth of a mile)
context_page_description: A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary. They can indicate the distance to towns, cities, and other places or landmarks; or they can give their position on the route relative to some datum location. On roads they are typically located at the side or in a median or central reservation. They are alternatively known as mile markers, mileposts or mile posts. Commonly the term "milestone" may also refer to markers placed at other distances, such as every kilometre.
  Milestones are installed to provide reference points along the road. This can be used to reassure travellers that the proper path is being followed, and to indicate either distance travelled or the remaining distance to a destination. Such references are also used by maintenance engineers and emergency services to direct them to specific points where their presence is required. This term is sometimes used to denote a location on a road even if no physical sign is present. This is useful for accident reporting and other record keeping.
context_section_description: In Myanmar, furlongs are currently used in conjunction with miles to indicate distances on highway signs. Mileposts on the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway use miles and furlongs.
caption: Mileposts on the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway use miles followed by furlongs
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