Paris started removing padlocks from the Pont des Arts bridge on Monday in an attempt to end the tourist tradition of “love locks” on the promenade.

Lovers visiting Paris will soon have to find a new way of expressing their affections now that the city has decided to remove locks from its famed Pont des Arts, aka "Love Lock," bridge.

Nobody was hurt by the "love lock" incident, a city official told French media on Monday, adding that the bridge had reopened and the two grills across a 2.4 meter stretch of the bridge replaced ...

If you're aching to tell Paris that you're in love, it might be time to rethink the love lock on the Pont des Arts - once and for all. The bridge, which was once smothered in 45 tonnes of padlocks ...

Paris removes “love locks” over weight fears 02:40. It's the end of an era for the "love locks" on a historic bridge in Paris. Some call the symbolic padlocks an eyesore and a safety hazard ...

June 1, 2015 was the day the love died. That day an estimated one million padlocks, dubbed " love locks," were removed from Paris' famed Pont des Arts bridge—connecting the Louvre and the ...

The dreamy Pont des Arts footbridge in central Paris was so weighed down by the ... ‘Love locks’ collapse part of Paris bridge. 1 / 4. ... The idea is that you and your love attach a lock, ...

Officials from Paris City Hall have placed plastic panels in order to prevent tourists from attaching love padlocks on the Pont Des Art bridge, Sept. 21, 2014, in Paris.

Among those attaching a ‘love lock’ in Paris on Saturday — Valentine’s Day — was Peter Concepcion, from Los Angeles, and his wife, Ivy Gambo. "Happy wife, happy life," said Peter.

Reports that a Paris bridge “collapsed” due to the weight of thousands of padlocks placed by lovesick tourists have been wildly over-exaggerated. A bridge did not “collapse,” Not even ...