List of bridges with love locks

List of bridges with love locks contains bridges throughout the world which are often host to love locks.

Algeria

Bridge Image Location River Dates Note
Burdeau Bridge-Building Algiers Residential building and road/pedestrian bridge 1952/2013 Love padlocks were added in September 2013 to a bridge that was previously known as a "suicide bridge" in Telemly, a district of Algiers. Some youths brought tools to remove them by night a few days later.[1][2]

Australia

Bridge Image Location River Dates Note
National Carillon footbridge Canberra Opened 1970 with inauguration of Carillon by Elizabeth II Authorities in Canberra, made the decision in February 2015 to remove love locks from a bridge that was becoming a popular location to affix them, and from other locations in Canberra. Justifications given were the possibility of future threats to public safety from eventual overloading of the bridge with a mass of padlocks, and structural interference resulting from corrosion. A bridge in Paris was mentioned by authorities as an example of an overloaded bridge, a probable reference to the Pont des Arts.[3]

France

Bridge Image Location River Dates Note
Pont des Arts Paris Pedestrian bridge over the Seine. It connects the Institut de France and the central square of the Palais du Louvre 1984/2008~15 From late 2008, tourists attached love locks with their first names written or engraved to the railing or the wire netting on the side of the bridge, then throwing the key into the Seine, as a romantic gesture.[4] Although not a French tradition, with locks occasionally being cut off by city workers, since 2012, the number of locks covering the bridge became overwhelming, with locks being attached to other locks. In February 2014, it was estimated[5] that there were over 700,000 locks. By that year, concern was being expressed about the possible damage the locks' weight was doing to the bridge. In May, Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced that she was tasking her First Deputy Mayor, Bruno Julliard, with finding alternatives to love locks.[6] In June, part of the parapet on the bridge collapsed under the weight of all of the padlocks.[7]
Pont de l'Archevêché Paris Pedestrian bridge over the Seine near the Notre Dame cathedral.[8] 1828[9]/2010~15

Germany

Bridge Image Location River Dates Note
Hohenzollern Bridge Cologne Rhine 1911/2008[10]

Iceland

Bridge Image Location Rift Dates Note
Bridge Between Continents Sandvík, Reykjanesbaer Pedestrian bridge at the Eurasian / North American Rift symbolizing the connection between Europe and North America Opened 2002[11]

Italy

Bridge Image Location Waterway Dates Note
Multiple bridges Milan[12] Navigli
Ponte Milvio Rome[12] Tiber River 109 BC (stone bridge)/2006~12 Following the release of the popular book and 2006 movie "I Want You" (Ho voglia di te) by Italian writer Federico Moccia, couples started to attach love padlocks to a lamppost on the bridge. After attaching the lock, they would throw the key behind them into the Tiber.[13] After the lamppost partially collapsed in 2007 because of the weight of the padlocks, all parts of the bridge—including its balustrades, railings and garbage bins—were used. It has continued despite Rome's city council introducing a €50 fine for anyone found attaching locks to the bridge. In 2012, city authorities removed all locks from the bridge.[14]
Ponte dell'Accademia,
Ponte del Rialto,
Scalzi Bridge[15]		 Venice Grand Canal[16]

Serbia

Bridge Image Location River Dates Note
Most Ljubavi (English: Bridge of Love) Vrnjačka Banja Vrnjačka River Phenomenon started around 1916 It is known as the earliest mention of the love padlocks tradition.[17][18] and one of the famous landmarks of Vrnjačka Banja, and the best known among the town's 15 bridges.[19][20][21]

Taiwan

Bridge Image Location Railline Dates Note
A pedestrian overpass by the Fengyuan railway station Fengyuan, Taichung County Phenomenon started around 2004 Love padlocks affixed to an overpass at the city's train station are often affixed in pairs. These are known as "wish locks," and local legend holds that the magnetic field generated by trains passing underneath causes energy to accumulate in the locks and fulfill the placer's wishes. Although authorities have cleared the fence on several times, new padlocks keep appearing.[22]

United States

Bridge Image Location River Dates Note
DuSable Bridge Chicago, Illinois Chicago River 1920 The Chicago Department of Transportation cuts love locks off this and other bridges whenever they notice them due to the dangers of their falling on people below.
Pedestrian bridge on Clipper Drive Discovery Bay, California California Delta waterways Phenomenon started around 2013 A lover's bridge was created by newlyweds Carolyn and Anthony George. The couple married on 11/11/11, and after seeing the movie Now You See Me, got the idea to create a location for lovers to be "locked in love", by putting a love lock on the bridge and throwing the keys into the waterways that surround Discovery Bay.[23]
Walkway on Brooklyn Bridge New York City and Brooklyn East River 1883 As a tourist attraction, the bridge is a popular site for clusters of love locks. The practice is illegal in New York City and the NYPD can give violators a $100 fine. NYCDOT workers periodically remove the love locks from the bridge at a cost of $100,000 per year.[24][25][26] There have been private efforts to remove the locks; for example, one man led a group of lock-breakers to remove some in February 2013,[27] and a local woman removed locks and various pieces of debris from the bridge in early 2026.[28]

References

  1. ↑ Alger : le pont "d’amour" redevient le pont des "suicidés" Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Algérie focus.2013-09-10
  2. ↑ Missous, Naila (24 September 2013). "Algeria's controversial bridge of love". Your Middle East. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Love locks to be removed from National Carillon footbridge in Canberra". Australian Broadcasting Corporation News. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Pawlowski, A. "The joys of slowly savoring Paris." CNN. Wednesday 19 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Marion Mourgue (14 February 2014). "Paris sous les verrous". Le Monde.
  6. ↑ Will Coldwell (2 June 2014). "New mayor of Paris plans to pick the city's love locks". The Guardian.
  7. ↑ "'Lovelocks' collapse Paris bridge rail". BBC News. 9 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Paris 'love locks' removed from bridges". June 1, 2015 – via www.bbc.com.
  9. ↑ "Pont de l'Archevêché (Paris ( 4 ème )/Paris ( 5 ème ), 1828)". Structurae.
  10. ↑ "The love locks in Cologne: On the Hohenzollern Bridge". www.cologne-tourism.com.
  11. ↑ Reykjanes, Visit. "Bridge Between Continents". Visit Reykjanes.
  12. 1 2 "Olympic Tourists Discover Milan's Hidden Love Lock Bridges" – via www.youtube.com.
  13. ↑ "Locks of love clutter Rome's oldest bridge". New York Times. August 5, 2007.
  14. ↑ "Rome's Ponte Milvio bridge: 'Padlocks of love' removed". BBC News. September 10, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Venice cracks down on 'love locks'". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  16. ↑ "Italy: Campaign to reduce 'love locks' on Venice bridges". August 28, 2014 – via www.bbc.com.
  17. ↑ Rubin, Alissa (April 27, 2014). "On Bridges in Paris, Clanking With Love". New York Times. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  18. ↑ Milišić, Miloš (15 June 2006). "S katancem smo jači". Glas javnosti. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  19. ↑ "Vrnjačka Banja". Princeza izvora. Turistička organizacija Srbije. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  20. ↑ "Most ljubavi". Most ljubavi. vrnjacka-banja.com. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  21. ↑ Ogrizović, Slobodan (22 April 2009). "Vrnjačka banja, najveće lečilište u Srbiji". B92. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  22. ↑ Chang Jui-chen (2009). "'Wish lock' phenomenon attracts youth to Fengyuan". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  23. ↑ Schrader, Amy. "Romance is a lock in Discovery Bay". Thepress.net. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  24. ↑ Nir, Sarah Maslin (November 14, 2016). "Dear John: Brooklyn Bridge Discourages Token of Love, With a Smile". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  25. ↑ Walker, Ameena (October 8, 2016). "Brooklyn Bridge Is No Place for 'Love Locks,' Says City Officials". Curbed NY. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  26. ↑ Frost, Mary (October 7, 2016). "'Love Locks' Lost, On Brooklyn Bridge". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  27. ↑ Manaugh, Geoff (2013-10-11). "Picking the Bridge". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
  28. ↑ Kriegstein, Brittany (2026-03-04). "Meet the NYC woman who's been clearing a 'cacophony' of trash from the Brooklyn Bridge". Gothamist. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
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