News Source: The Courier-Mail
| about 1 year ago
The plastic-covered steel net would extend six metres on either side of the bridge and would cost between $US40 million ($60 million) and $US50 million ($75 million), local media reported. It is likely to be several years before the netting is...
News Source: China News
| about 1 year ago
The California panel that oversees the Golden Gate Bridge voted on Friday to install netting to catch would-be suicides throwing themselves off the famous span. The 4,200-foot-long (1,280-meter-long) suspension bridge, which crosses the entrance to...
News Source: Times Online
| about 1 year ago
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, one of the world's most beautiful spots, is also the most popular place to commit suicide. Since it opened in 1937, more than 1,300 people have leapt to their deaths in San Francisco Bay — more than anywhere...