Golden Gate Bridge Will Get A Suicide Prevention Net
- 7 years ago
Officials in San Francisco have long been talking about installing some means of suicide prevention on the Golden Gate Bridge. The city is now working to place them along both sides.
Officials in San Francisco have long been talking about installing some means of suicide prevention on the Golden Gate Bridge.
It has been decided that the measure will be 20-foot-wide, stainless steel nets that extend along both sides. It will hang 20 feet below the bridge’s walkway and 200 feet above the water’s surface, notes KNTV.
Construction is to be performed largely at night in an effort to minimize traffic interruptions. The endeavor is expected to take about 4 years to complete and cost roughly $200 million, notes TIME.
While that issue has been resolved, it is still not entirely understood why the Golden Gate Bridge draws so many people intent upon ending their lives.
One suggestion is that the beauty of the structure and ocean below appear to many to be a fitting place for the final act. Another points to the bridge’s easy access and barrier that stands only 4-feet high.
Intervention efforts by bridge patrol personnel have proven partly successful. In 2016 alone, they were able to prevent about 200 people from jumping.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, that year, the number of known suicides was 39.
Officials in San Francisco have long been talking about installing some means of suicide prevention on the Golden Gate Bridge.
It has been decided that the measure will be 20-foot-wide, stainless steel nets that extend along both sides. It will hang 20 feet below the bridge’s walkway and 200 feet above the water’s surface, notes KNTV.
Construction is to be performed largely at night in an effort to minimize traffic interruptions. The endeavor is expected to take about 4 years to complete and cost roughly $200 million, notes TIME.
While that issue has been resolved, it is still not entirely understood why the Golden Gate Bridge draws so many people intent upon ending their lives.
One suggestion is that the beauty of the structure and ocean below appear to many to be a fitting place for the final act. Another points to the bridge’s easy access and barrier that stands only 4-feet high.
Intervention efforts by bridge patrol personnel have proven partly successful. In 2016 alone, they were able to prevent about 200 people from jumping.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, that year, the number of known suicides was 39.