Editing Golden Gate Bridge (section)

==== Suicide nets ====
The so-called nets are taut, designed to be painful to land on. They extend {{convert|20|ft}} out from the walkway and because of their design, cause serious—but not fatal—injury to people who jump from the bridge.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=How The Net Works {{!}} Golden Gate |url=https://www.goldengate.org/district/district-projects/suicide-deterrent-net/how-the-net-works/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=www.goldengate.org}}</ref> They are made of "marine-grade stainless-steel wire rope, akin to a horizontal fence four millimeters thick," which does not give, and is located {{convert|20|ft}} below the walkway.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-17 |title=The Golden Gate Bridge's anti-suicide "nets" are already saving lives |url=https://sfstandard.com/2024/08/17/golden-gate-bridge-anti-suicide-nets-work/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=The San Francisco Standard |language=en}}</ref>

Construction was first estimated to take approximately four years at a cost of over $200 million; however, installation of the nets was not completed until January 2024, and exceeded the budget by $17 million.<ref name="abc7-3jan2024">{{cite news |last=Stone |first=J.R. |title=San Francisco installs $224M net to stop suicides off Golden Gate Bridge |url=https://abc7news.com/golden-gate-bridge-suicide-nets-kevin-hines-suicides-survivors/14268993/ |access-date=January 5, 2024 |work=[[KGO-TV]] |date=January 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Suicide Barriers Going Up At Golden Gate Bridge After Over 1.5K Deaths |url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/04/13/suicide-barriers-to-go-up-at-golden-gate-bridge-after-1-5k-deaths/ |website=CBS San Francisco |publisher=CBS Broadcasting Inc. |access-date=November 27, 2017 |language=en |date=April 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

The nets have widely been considered successful, even convincing former skeptics. As of November 21, 2024, the [[Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District|Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District]] reported that the number of deaths by suicide year to date had been eight, down from an average 33.5. Through the end of October 2024, thwarted attempts were down from an annual average of 200 to 106.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Swan |first=Rachel |title=Golden Gate Bridge suicide nets have been up for nearly a year. Are they effective? |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/golden-gate-bridge-suicide-barrier-do-they-work-19926874.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222072510/https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/golden-gate-bridge-suicide-barrier-do-they-work-19926874.php |archive-date=February 22, 2025 |access-date=2025-03-02 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1" />