Bridge officials first green-lighted the project in 2008, as the Golden Gate Bridge remains the only "suicide magnet" in the world without protective barriers installed.

The bridge is considered a "suicide magnet" that sees about 30 suicides per year, per officials. A suicide net for San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge will reportedly cost about $400 million ...

The first confirmed suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge happened about 10 weeks after its opening. Harold Wobber, a 47-year-old World War I veteran, reportedly said, “This is as far as I go ...

The Golden Gate Bridge has a dark history alongside its beauty. Since opening in 1937, it’s been a magnet for suicide attempts. From 1937 to 2008 alone, at least 1,700 people jumped to their ...

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.

According to the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District, there were 14 confirmed suicides from people jumping off the bridge in 2023 when the suicide deterrent net began construction.

Such is the case with the Golden Gate Bridge, the concluding subject in Mr. Rubenstein’s unusual series, which has been a biographical survey of American landmarks and/or ideas—the Cowboy, for ...

The Golden Gate Bridge is photographed under construction with two workers on the saddle atop the Marin Tower, 746 feet above the water, in San Francisco, Calif. circa 1934.

The Golden Gate bridge, in the San Francisco Bay, during its construction in May 1936. Construction began on 05 January 1933 and the bridge was inaugurated 27 May 1937 by Franklin Delano ...