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The middle colonnade, stretching from east to west, was constructed to connect the two earlier colonnades. Work on the central avenue began from the
Monumental Arch, where it met the eastern colonnade, sometime in the early third-century CE. The section stretched until the Great Tetrapylon where it
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The western colonnade was the first section to be built. Inscriptions found on some columns confirm that works started before 158 CE. The straight avenue ran in northwest-southeast direction and stretched for 500 metres (1,600 ft), the longest of the three sectors. The main avenue's width was
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met the western colonnade in an oval plaza. The central colonnade also incorporated the portico of the baths. The central section of the Great
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in 175 CE and continued through the beginning of the third-century CE. This section is the widest of the Great
Colonnade with a uniform width of 22.7 metres (74 ft) for the main street and 6.7 metres (22 ft) for the sidewalks. A corner of the
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11.7 metres (38 ft) while the side streets were 7 metres (23 ft) in width. The colonnade's western terminus, the West Gate, was built in the late second-century CE. The avenue also connected in a right angle to the
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was demolished to allow the colonnade an uninterrupted line of sight towards the
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building technique. The columns consisted of six to eight short sections. This technique was gradually replaced, from the 220s, by what historian Marek Barański termed
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