Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Golden Gate bridge has a suicide prevention net along the full length of the 1.7-mile span. And it appears to be working.

We hear of failures of government so often, that we rarely speak of provable successes. This bridge, an international icon and a taxpayer and toll payer paid for structure, has a governing body that ...

After decades of planning and years of construction, a net to prevent suicides at San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge ...

San Francisco’s famous Golden Gate Bridge is to get suicide netting to try and stop people jumping to their death from the iconic landmark, an official said. More than 1,400 people have fallen to ...

A safety net installed on both ends of the Golden Gate Bridge has led to a big drop in suicides, according to the Golden Gate Bridge Transportation Authority. Suicide survivor and motivational speaker ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Golden Gate Bridge, the iconic span that hangs between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, has been the site of more than 2,000 confirmed suicide leaps since its completion ...

GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, Calif. (KGO) -- The ABC7 News I-Team has uncovered a disturbing fact -- 2013 was a record year for suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge. Yet, a suicide prevention barrier has been ...

The steel-mesh suicide barrier installed on the Golden Gate Bridge two years ago has proved to be effective. Four people died after jumping from the span last year, an 87% decline from the annual ...

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge moved a big step closer to getting an oft-debated suicide barrier after bridge officials on Friday approved a $76 million funding package for ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The Golden Gate Bridge, the iconic span that hangs between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, has been the site of more than 2,000 confirmed suicide leaps since its completion in ...