The Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District began constructing the $217 million nets in 2018.
A view of the newly installed suicide prevention barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge on November 07, 2023 in San Francisco, California. A suicide prevention barrier made of a net of stainless steel cables on the Golden Gate Bridge is nearing completion after 6 years. The project originally projected to cost $76 million has ballooned to over $215 million and is expected to be finished by the end of the year.
The Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District began constructing the $217 million steel nets in 2018. At more than three miles in length, the nets “are stitched between 369 new struts, 50 feet apart, and painted the same International Orange as the bridge itself,” according to the Times.
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