Suicide-prevention barriers at San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge have been completed more than a decade after officials greenlighted a project to install stainless-steel mesh nets on both sides of the 1.7-mile bridge.
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It took decades, but San Francisco finally installs nets to stop suicides off Golden Gate Bridge
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San Francisco installs $224M net to stop suicides off Golden Gate Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO >> Kevin Hines regretted jumping off San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge the moment his hands released the rail and he plunged the equivalent of 25 stories into the Pacific Ocean, breaking his back.
Suicide-prevention barriers at San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge have been completed more than a decade after officials greenlighted a project to install stainless-steel mesh nets on both sides of the 1.7-mile bridge.
Nearly the entirety of the Golden Gate Bridge now has a "suicide deterrent system" of a stainless-steel net on its side. The net is 20 feet below the sidewalk.
A decades-old plan to try and deter suicides along San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge has been completed. Stainless-steel mesh nets are now installed on both sides of the 1.7 mile bridge.
Crews working on behalf of the city of San Francisco, CA, finished applying 20-foot-long safety nets along both sides of the 1.7 mile long Golden Gate bridge.
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