Officials at the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District tapped a group of experts in Canada to study the problem that year. By 2021, they came up with a solution.

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.

Suicide attempts at the Golden Gate Bridge are down, one year after the installation of a $224 million steel-webbed net. Steve Proehl/Getty Images By Andrew Chamings , Editor-at-Large Jan 7, 2025 ...

The net, which cost hundreds of millions of dollars and was completed behind schedule, greatly reduced suicide deaths in 2023, according to the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.

The images are real, but they are from the 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1987. On June 14, 2025, millions of people across the U.S. showed up for the "No Kings" marches protesting ...

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 Roosevelt ...

Newly installed safety nets along San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge reduced suicides there by 73 percent, a new analysis suggests. The study looks at recent suicide deaths along the iconic ...

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.