Since Jan. 1, when the barrier was finished, there have been three confirmed suicides, said Paolo Cosulich-Schwartz, spokesperson for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.

As of Nov. 21, the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District reported eight suicides this year, significantly less than the average of 30 each year from 2012 through 2023.

The Golden Gate Bridge will close next week for the installation of a 13,340-foot moveable median barrier to provide a safer trip across the bridge and eliminate head-on collisions.

Ceremony marks beginning of Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier work By Wayne Freedman, KGO Thursday, April 13, 2017 ...

A U.S. Coast Guard ship heads out to sea under the Golden Gate Bridge and the span’s new suicide barrier on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Plans to install a suicide barrier along the Golden Gate Bridge are moving forward. The building and operations committee will review the park service permit Thursday.

That’s why the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District’s latest budget for fiscal year 2016-17 includes funding for two new engineers, along with a bevy of other funding asks ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Officials say the Golden Gate Bridge shut down to private vehicles early Saturday so workers can install a moveable median barrier designed to prevent head-on collisions.

Since the Golden Gate opened in 1937, more than 1,400 people have plunged to their deaths, including a record 46 suicides last year.

On Thursday, officials from a Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District subcommittee will vote on approving a contract to carry out the required environmental-impact study on the barrier.

A plan decades in the making to put an end to head-on collisions on the Golden Gate Bridge reaches fruition this weekend with the installation of a moveable roadway median, a project requiring a ...