Parts of the Golden Gate Bridge’s eastside sidewalk will soon be narrower due to work on the suicide deterrent net, officials with the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District said this week.
The change will take effect today as crews continue constructing the net. Construction materials will be stored on the sidewalk between the bridge railing and barriers on the sidewalk. Crews will also have access to that area.
Bridge district officials said the sidewalk will remain open during regular hours and they encourage pedestrians and bicyclists to be cautious navigating the narrower parts.
“(The sidewalk) may be a little more congested,” Paolo Cosulich-Schwartz, spokesman for the bridge district, said.
Flaggers will be placed at each end of the work areas to remind people to be cautious.
Similar work on the net is being done on the westside of the bridge.
Until installation is complete, crews will need access to the eastside sidewalk, according to bridge district officials. But the size of the areas that crews will need will vary depending on the work being done.
Fewer people have been visiting the bridge since the COVID-19 pandemic shelter-in-place orders went into effect in the Bay Area. Signs are up to encourage visitors to maintain social distancing and wear masks.
The suicide deterrent net is being built to prevent people from jumping off the bridge. Thirty people kill themselves by leaping from the span each year on average and many more are stopped before they do.
The net will extend 20 feet from the edge of the bridge and be 20 feet below the sidewalk.
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Darn !!
What measures have been designed in to prevent people moving across net and finishing what they started ? They planned for that, right ? ? ? ?
From what I recall is was a cable net, so when they hit it, while they won’t die hitting it’s gonna hurt. So the hope is they will be in too much pain to climb off before someone gets there.
Why not charge pedestrians to cross the bridge in both directions? I think that would be a deterrent.
Some weird stories of jumpers I bet you don’t know about. I don’t now how to make small addresses. Starting with the first guy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicides_at_the_Golden_Gate_Bridge#:~:text=The%20fatality%20rate%20of%20jumping,broken%20bones%20or%20internal%20injuries.
Why have a deterrent? Why is the state so concerned about stopping anyone from jumping as it’s really none of their business.
Great story about a CHP Motor Officer who
was called The Guardian of the Golden Gate
Bridge. He was able to save many, many lives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGK_AI4sfvk
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The city has been absolutely run into the ground. There are so few reasons to visit San Francisco anymore, why remove yet another one?
Maybe a sense of humor will help you with your depression.
A really large glue trap would work.
There is nothing funny about suicide.
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