Overview

• San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge has completed the installation of a suicide prevention net, a project that has been in the works since 2014.
• The net, which covers approximately 95% of the 1.7-mile bridge, is designed to deter individuals from jumping off the bridge, which has seen nearly 2,000 suicides since it opened in 1937.
• During the construction of the net in 2023, the number of confirmed suicides at the bridge was reduced by more than half, from an average of 30 per year to 14.
• The project, which cost $224 million, has faced criticism from those who believe it affects the view and was too costly, as well as those who question the effectiveness of such prevention measures.
• Kevin Hines, one of the few known survivors of a jump from the bridge, has become a suicide prevention advocate and has praised the installation of the net.