pavement graffiti » marathon http://www.meganix.net/pavement stories from the ground level gallery Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:32:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Olympic Games souvenirs http://www.meganix.net/pavement/2009/09/13/olympic-games-souvenirs/ http://www.meganix.net/pavement/2009/09/13/olympic-games-souvenirs/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:29:58 +0000 megan http://www.meganix.net/pavement/?p=216 07bMAR18-cP1010506 MarathSydHbrBr1The blue ribbon event of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games was the marathon, whose 42 km route wound past Sydney’s most recognizable icons and through some of its most telegenic suburbs. A few sections of the blue marathon line have been left in place around Sydney, but only where they do not constitute a traffic hazard.

The line was removed from Sydney Harbour Bridge fairly soon after the event, but there are still remnants in several places. Traces of blue are visible on a lane line towards the southern (tollgate) end and also on a large number 3 underneath the arch. I took these photographs early in the morning on 18 March 2007, when people were allowed to walk over the Bridge to celebrate its 75th anniversary.

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