While the barrier is expected to help prevent suicides, it won't be a gentle experience.
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It will cost more than $200 million to install the stainless steel netting, and bridge officials expect the project to be finished by early 2021. The stainless steel net will be located about 20 feet below the bridge's sidewalk and will span 1.7 miles of the roadway on each side of the bridge, extending 20 feet out over the water. "At the millisecond my hands left that rail I had an instant reaction because the thought of suicide is different from the action," Hines said. Young and old, they come from around the world and around the corner. Kevin Hines, who is bi-polar, was one of the few to survive after voices in his head shouted at him to jump. Find Help SAVING LIVES AT THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE Each year, too many people come to the Golden Gate Bridge to harm themselves. Nets have been installed on many bridges throughout the world over the last two decades and there's only been one fatality at one of those installations," Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District General Manager Denis Mulligan said. The 20 feet wide net will be placed 20 feet below the bridge's sidewalk, and 200 feet above the turbulent waters of San Francisco Bay.
"Where nets have been erected they've been incredibly effective. A completion date in 2021 was missed due to setbacks, and the anti-suicide nets are due to be finished in November 2023, says the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District. SAN FRANCISCO - A big step was taken with the goal of saving lives at the Golden Gate Bridge as a ceremony held on Thursday marked the beginning of work on a suicide barrier.įamilies of suicide victims have urged the officials to install a barrier to prevent deaths on the bridge. A ceremony was held to mark the beginning of work on a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
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