Golden Gate Bridge to install suicide net

San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge is to be surrounded by a stainless steel net to stop suicides, officials said today.

Fri, 10 Oct, 2008 - 21:54

San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge is to be surrounded by a stainless steel net to stop suicides, officials said today.

The Golden Gate Transportation District’s board of directors voted 16-1 to install the net after considering several other methods to halt people jumping off the world-famous bridge.

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