--- title: Paris Love Bridge Railing Collapses Under Weight of Locks description: More like a bridge railing, but still canonical: https://time.com/2847633/pont-de-arts-bridge-paris/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-09T12:54:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:31.970Z og:title: Part of Parisian "Love Bridge" Collapses Under Pressure of Romantic Expectations og:description: More like a bridge railing, but still og:url: https://time.com/2847633/pont-de-arts-bridge-paris/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d9571c9b9a27225/698696b63617605b3c90c83f/paris-bridge-love-locks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5184 og:image:height: 2916 og:image:alt: 'Love padlocks' attached to a fence of the Pont des Arts bridge over the Seine river in Paris on June 9, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Part of Parisian "Love Bridge" Collapses Under Pressure of Romantic Expectations twitter:description: More like a bridge railing, but still twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d9571c9b9a27225/698696b63617605b3c90c83f/paris-bridge-love-locks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Love Can Make a Bridge Collapse > Sponsored content. 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Jacques Demarthon—AFP/Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jun 9, 2014 12:54 PM UTC A two-meter segment of the iconic Pont des Arts bridge in Paris was overcome with the weight of love and [partially collapsed](http://www.france24.com/en/20140609-paris-pont-des-arts-bridge-railing-collapse-love-locks/) Sunday night. The bridge has become famous for “love locks,” a tradition in which people fasten a lock to the bridge and then throw the key into the river as a symbol of eternal love and ironclad commitment. But the locks became too heavy and a portion of the bridge railing buckled under the pressure of so many romantic expectations, France 24 reports. A part of the bridge collapsed last summer under the weight of the locks, causing many to say the locks pose a safety threat to the thousands of people who walk over the bridge every day or ride under it on ferries. Some are even calling for all the locks to be removed, which means everybody who ever attached a lock to the bridge will instantly break up and fall out of love. 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