As for me, I don`t understand this tradition to hang locks on the bridges and throw the key away in the water. The lock doesn`t mean at all that the couple will live happily ever after. I have friends who put the locks and later got divorced. But I doubt that they removed their locks from the bridge.

Nevertheless, I think the idea with the love trees is wonderful and much better than bridges bending under the weight of hundreds of locks which can be dangerous. I love visiting this love bridge in Moscow - it is so nice and charming!