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A love lock or love padlock is a padlock that couples lock to a bridge, fence, gate, monument, or similar public fixture to symbolize their love. [2] Typically the sweethearts' names or initials, and perhaps the date, are inscribed on the padlock, and its key is thrown away (often into a nearby river) to symbolize unbreakable love.
Pont des Arts Love locks. Since late 2008, tourists have taken to attaching love locks with their first names written or engraved on them to the railing or the wire netting on the side of the bridge, then throwing the key into the Seine river below, as a romantic gesture. [4] This gesture is said to represent a couple's committed love. [5]
James Street Bridge, a girder bridge over the Kansas River in Kansas City; Kansas Avenue Bridge, a multi-beam girder over the Kansas River; Kansas City Southern Bridge, a three-span bridge over the Kansas River; Lewis and Clark Viaduct, a deck truss bridge over the Kansas River and sister bridge to the Intercity Viaduct
Volunteers have begun installing thousands of love locks at their home after they were removed from a landmark bridge. The padlocks were previously attached to Weir Bridge in Bakewell, Derbyshire ...
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Paris is said to be one of the most romantic places on Earth, but apparently there was too much love for one Parisian bridge to handle. The Pont des Arts bridge over the Seine River is a popular ...
George B. Dealey, publisher of the Dallas Morning News, proposed a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) concrete bridge based on the design of a bridge crossing the Missouri River in Kansas City. Ultimately, a US$ 650,000 (US$20.5 million in today's terms) bond election was approved and in 1912, the Oak Cliff Viaduct (now the Houston Street Viaduct ) was opened ...
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