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  2. M31 motorway - Wikipedia

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    The M31 was planned as a Reading to M3 motorway which was dubbed the 'M3 – M4 link motorway'. It would have provided a direct high-speed route between the two motorways. The motorway was planned at the same time as the largely unrealised London Ringways scheme and an additional section was planned that would have taken the M31 south and east from the M3 to connect to the scheme's Ringway 4 ...

  3. U.S. Route 41 in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    In 1931, it was rerouted away from Zion and Winthrop Harbor while IL 42 north of Chicago remained untouched. [3] In 1935, an entire section of US 41 between Chicago and Waukegan was realigned to a new alignment. The new alignment closely matched the current routing of US 41. [4] By 1939, Skokie Highway (part of US 41) was fully completed.

  4. List of nearest galaxies - Wikipedia

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    Andromeda Galaxy (M31) SA(s)b 2.538 [52] 0.778 −21.58 [7] 4.17 [1] Local Group: Largest Galaxy in the Local Group (The Milky Way is the second largest), with at least 19 satellite galaxies. Barred spiral galaxy. 152,000 ly 87 Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal (Andromeda VI) dSph [53] 2.55 [52] 0.78 −10.80 [7] 14.05 [1] Local Group: Satellite of ...

  5. Andromeda (constellation) - Wikipedia

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    The most famous deep-sky object in Andromeda is the spiral galaxy cataloged as Messier 31 (M31) or NGC 224 but known colloquially as the Andromeda Galaxy for the constellation. [53] M31 is one of the most distant objects visible to the naked eye, 2.2 million light-years from Earth (estimates range up to 2.5 million light-years). [54]

  6. Cosmic distance ladder - Wikipedia

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    Distances can be measured within 10% as far as the Galactic Center, about 30,000 light years away. ... He was able to calculate the distance of M31 to 285 kpc, today ...

  7. Andromeda Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    It was originally named the Andromeda Nebula and is cataloged as Messier 31, M31, and NGC 224. Andromeda has a D 25 isophotal diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs (152,000 light-years ) [ 8 ] and is approximately 765 kpc (2.5 million light-years) from Earth.

  8. Illinois Route 19 - Wikipedia

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    Illinois Route 19 (abbreviated IL-19, or simply Illinois 19) is a major east–west arterial state highway in northeastern Illinois, United States.It runs from Illinois Route 25 (Liberty St.) in Elgin, to Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Route 41) on the north side of Chicago.

  9. U.S. Route 30 in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    At I-80, US 30 is once again called the Lincoln Highway, running through the southern suburbs of New Lenox, Frankfort, Matteson, Chicago Heights, Ford Heights, and Lynwood. It intersects US 45 (La Grange Road), the southern terminus of IL 43 in Frankfort, I-57 in Matteson, IL 1 (Halsted Street) in Chicago Heights, IL 394 near Sauk Village , and ...