Love padlocks are seen on the Solferino bridge after a chunk of fencing with thousands of locks fell off under their weight on the Pont des Arts bridge, in Paris, June 9, 2014. Francois Mori/AP ...

Couples walked on the famous Pont des Arts bridge to attach padlocks with their names on them and throw away the keys into the Seine River below. But the mass of the locks damaged the bridge ...

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.

For several years now, couples in Paris have been saying je t'aime by placing a padlock on the city's famed Pont des Arts bridge. And it has begun to weigh on the famous span — to the tune of ...

The dreamy Pont des Arts footbridge in central Paris was so weighed down by the thousands of locks affixed to its grillwork that a section of the fencing collapsed Sunday. No one was hurt ...

Sculptor Daniel Hourdé’s new exhibition is helping usher in a new era for Paris' Pont des Arts bridge, once known as "love lock bridge." Sculptor Daniel Hourdé’s new exhibition is helping ...

The evening before, Andrea had proposed to Laura after which the two decided to visit the Pont des Arts and make the ultimate expression of love for each other — by hanging the padlock on the ...

In Paris, the Pont des Arts was known for being decorated with thousands of padlocks attached to the bridge by couples who then threw their keys into the Seine River. However, today attaching ...