MONTREAL – Some of the city’s romantics want to replicate the Pont des Arts bridge in Paris, famously known for the thousands of love locks that line the fence.
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Padlocks signed with lovers’ initials are popping up on the bridge from the Old Port to the Bonsecours basin – but their acts of love may be short lived.
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City officials said they won’t be there for long because the structure wasn’t built to support so much weight.
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Similarly, Parisian officials have said the love locks were causing long-term damage to the heritage site; last summer a chunk of the Pont des Arts fencing fell off under the weight.
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