{{short description|Type of structure used frequently to commit suicide}} {{about|bridges from which people commit suicide|the novel|Suicide Bridge{{!}}''Suicide Bridge''}} A '''suicide bridge''' is a bridge used frequently by people to end their lives, most typically by jumping off and into the water or ground below. A fall from the height of a tall bridge into water may be fatal, although some people have survived jumps from high bridges such as the Golden Gate Bridge.<ref name="Koopman">{{cite news |title=LETHAL BEAUTY / No easy death: Suicide by bridge is gruesome, and death is almost certain. The fourth in a seven-part series on the Golden Gate Bridge barrier debate|last1=Koopman|first1=John|date=November 2, 2005|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/LETHAL-BEAUTY-No-easy-death-Suicide-by-bridge-2562269.php|work=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=June 3, 2014}}</ref> However, significant injury or death is far from certain; numerous studies report minimally injured persons who died from drowning.<ref name="dx.doi.org">{{cite thesis |last1=Stephanian |first1=Dylan |title=Outcomes in suicidal bridge jumping in the Lower Mainland |date=December 2019 |doi=10.14288/1.0387208 |url = https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0387208|publisher=University of British Columbia|degree=MSc}}</ref>
To reach such locations, those with the intention of ending their lives must often walk long distances to reach the point where they finally decide to jump. For example, some individuals have traveled over the {{convert|4.46|mile|km|adj=mid|-long}} San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by car in order to jump from the Golden Gate Bridge.<ref name=jumpers>{{cite magazine|author=Friend, Tad |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/13/jumpers |title=Jumpers: The fatal grandeur of the Golden Gate Bridge|magazine=The New Yorker|date= October 13, 2003|volume=79 |issue=30| page =48}}</ref>
==Prevention== {{main|Suicide barrier}} Suicide prevention advocates believe that suicide by bridge is more likely to be impulsive than other means, and that barriers can have a significant effect on reducing the incidence of suicides by bridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stopthetragedy.org/Lifelinepositiononbridgebarriers.pdf|title=Draper|year=2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> One study showed that installing barriers on the Duke Ellington Bridge in Washington, D.C.—which has a high incidence of suicide<ref name=akst>{{cite news|last=Akst|first=Daniel|title=With suicide, when there's a way, there's a will|url=http://www.newsday.com/opinion/columnists/daniel-akst/akst-with-suicide-when-there-s-a-way-there-s-a-will-1.3865379|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926145735/http://www.newsday.com/opinion/columnists/daniel-akst/akst-with-suicide-when-there-s-a-way-there-s-a-will-1.3865379|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 26, 2013|accessdate=21 September 2013|newspaper=Newsday|date=19 July 2012}}</ref>—did not cause an increase of suicides at the nearby Taft Bridge.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/18/world/toronto-journal-a-veil-of-deterrence-for-a-bridge-with-a-dark-side.html| work=The New York Times | title=Toronto Journal; A Veil of Deterrence for a Bridge With a Dark Side | first=Clifford | last=Krauss | date=2003-02-18 | accessdate=2010-05-24}}</ref> A similar result was seen when barriers were erected on the popular suicide bridge the Clifton Suspension Bridge, in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=British Journal of Psychiatry |date=2007 |vauthors=Bennewith D, Nowers M, Gunnell D|title= Effect of barriers on the Clifton Suspension Bridge, United Kingdom, on local patterns of suicide: implications for prevention. |volume= 190 |issue=3 |pages= 266–267 |doi=10.1192/bjp.bp.106.027136 |pmid=17329749|doi-access=free }}</ref> Families affected and groups that help the mentally ill have lobbied governments to erect similar barriers. One such barrier is the Luminous Veil on the Prince Edward Viaduct in Toronto, Canada, once considered North America's second deadliest bridge, with over 400 jumps on record.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=New York Times |date= 2003-02-16 |accessdate= 2010-04-27 |author= Krauss, Clifford| url=http://www.gvsa.on.ca/revington.htm |title=A Veil of Deterrence for a Bridge With a Dark Side}}</ref>
Special telephones with connections to crisis hotlines are sometimes installed on bridges.
==Bridges==
===Australia=== thumb|Free telephones linked to suicide prevention hotline installed at the Story Bridge footpath in Brisbane thumb|Suicide prevention barrier at the Story Bridge in Brisbane The Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Mooney Mooney Bridge on the Central Coast (New South Wales), and the Westgate Bridge in Melbourne, Australia and the Story Bridge in Brisbane are considered suicide bridges.
Sydney Harbour Bridge has a suicide prevention barrier.
In February 2009, following the murder of a four-year-old girl who was thrown off the bridge by her father, the first stage of a temporary suicide barrier was erected on Westgate Bridge, constructed of concrete crash barriers topped with a welded mesh fence. The permanent barrier has now been completed throughout the span of the bridge. The barriers are costed at AU$20 million and have been reported to have reduced suicide rates on the Westgate by 85%.<ref>{{cite web |last1=MICKELBUROUGH |first1=Peter |title=Westgage Suicide Barriers Reduce Number of Deaths at Bridge |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/west-gate-suicide-barriers-reduce-number-of-deaths-at-bridge/story-e6frf7jo-1226039274980 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140617041956/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/west-gate-suicide-barriers-reduce-number-of-deaths-at-bridge/story-e6frf7jo-1226039274980 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 17, 2014 |website=Herald Sun news |accessdate=2014-06-15 |date=2011-04-14}}</ref>
Suicide prevention barriers were installed on the Story Bridge in 2013; a three-metre-high barrier runs the full length of both sides of the bridge.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sykes |first1=Emma |title=Barriers on Story Bridge for suicide prevention |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/02/06/3684728.htm |accessdate=8 April 2020 |publisher=ABC News |date=6 February 2013}}</ref>
===Canada=== thumb|The Luminous Veil suicide barrier installed on Prince Edward Viaduct in Toronto There are a number of suicide bridges in the Metro Vancouver area, the most frequented being the Lions Gate Bridge, which saw 324 suicidal incidents, including 78 jumps from 2006 to 2017.<ref name="dx.doi.org"/>
The High Level Bridge in Edmonton, Alberta, is considered a suicide bridge. It is unknown how many deaths have occurred at the bridge, but there have been at least 25 in total, with 10 being from 2012 to 2013. Many people have also survived suicide attempts at the bridge. A suicide prevention barrier has been installed along with signage and support phone lines.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/Black+Nightmare+century+Edmonton+beautiful+terrible+High+Level+Bridge+been+draw+desperate+distressed/10659025/story.html |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |date=2015-08-05 |language=en |title=Story of the Oilers: Hanging out, hands in pockets, shirts not tucked in, goals against | Edmonton Journal }}{{deadlink|date=June 2025}}</ref>
The Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal, Quebec, is considered a suicide bridge. In 2004, a suicide prevention barrier was installed. Until then the bridge saw an average of 10 suicides a year.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/2007/09/10/156270.html |title=''La barrière anti-suicide a prouvé son utilité'' |accessdate=2008-08-25 |newspaper=Le Devoir |date=2007-09-10 |language=fr }}</ref>
The Prince Edward Viaduct, commonly referred to as the Bloor Viaduct, in Toronto, Ontario, was considered a suicide bridge. With nearly 500 suicides by 2003, the Viaduct was ranked as the second most fatal standing structure in North America, after the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.<ref name=HealthDayNews2010-07-07>{{cite news |url=http://www.modernmedicine.com/modern-medicine/news/modernmedicine/modern-medicine-news/bridge-barrier-fails-lower-torontos-suicide |title = Bridge Barrier Fails to Lower Toronto's Suicide Rate: Suicide-by-jumping rate at Bloor Street Viaduct lower; rates at other bridges higher |publisher = HealthDay News |date= July 7, 2010 |accessdate = July 2, 2013}}</ref> Suicides dropped to zero after a barrier was completed in 2003.
The Lethbridge Viaduct in Lethbridge, Alberta, also known as the High Level Bridge, is considered a suicide bridge. It is unknown how many deaths have occurred at the bridge since its opening in 1909. Suicide prevention signage has been installed at the entrance to the bridge, however no further prevention program is in development.<ref>{{cite news |title=Do more to stop suicides off Lethbridge bridge, ask parents |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/do-more-to-stop-suicides-off-lethbridge-bridge-ask-parents-1.1275232 |publisher=CBC |date=2012-06-04 |language=en}}</ref>
The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has been used for suicide attempts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/adams-fall/Content?oid=962276 |title=Adam's fall |accessdate=2018-11-02 |newspaper=The Coast |date=2008-01-31 |language=en }}</ref> As of 2010, safety barriers have been installed the full length of the pedestrian walkway.
The Reversing Falls Bridge in Saint John, New Brunswick has had often use for those making suicide attempts. Efforts have been made by the city to install barriers, but they have struggled to secure provincial funds to do so.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Webb |first1=Steven |title=Saint John to renew call for suicide-prevention barriers on Reversing Falls Bridge |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/reversing-falls-suicide-barrier-1.6605066 |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=CBC News |date=4 October 2022}}</ref>
The Burgoyne Bridge in St. Catharines, Ontario, has had several suicides. In 2020, stainless steel netting was installed as a suicide prevention measure.<ref>{{cite web |title=Netting, barriers go up at St. Catharines bridge |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/burgoyne-bridge-barrier-st-catharines-1.5649211 |website=CBC News |access-date=19 April 2022}}</ref>
===Czech Republic=== About 300 people have jumped to their death from the Nusle Bridge, in Prague, Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.novinky.cz/domaci/212309-pod-nuselskym-mostem-bude-pietni-socha-pripominajici-sebevrazdy.html|title=Pod Nuselským mostem bude pietní socha připomínající sebevraždy|date=2010-09-23|publisher=Novinky.cz|accessdate=2010-09-23}}</ref> Barriers almost 3 metres high were erected here in 1997 with the aim to prevent further jumps.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.praha.eu/jnp/cz/home/zivot_v_praze/bezpecnost/nuselsky_most_je_hure_dostupny_sebevrahum.html|title=Nuselský most je hůře dostupný sebevrahům|date=2007-08-15|publisher=Prague|accessdate=2010-09-23}}</ref> In 2007, the fencing was topped off with a {{convert|3|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide strip}} of polished metal to make it impossible to climb.<ref>{{cite news | title=New Railing on the 'Suicide Bridge' Can't Be Climbed Over | date=2007-08-16 | url =http://www.abcprague.com/2007/08/16/new-railing-on-the-suicide-bridge-cant-be-climbed-over | work =A/B/C Prague | accessdate = 2010-09-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110145323/http://www.abcprague.com/2007/08/16/new-railing-on-the-suicide-bridge-cant-be-climbed-over|archive-date=2018-01-10}}</ref>
The {{ill|Sítenský most|cs}} in Kladno has also been described as a suicide bridge and "second Nusle". Between 2013 and 2018, 23 suicides were attempted there. Because it is only {{convert|15|m}} from the ground, attempts are not always successful, however the bridge is easy to access and there is no suicide barrier.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sítenský most v Kladně je jako druhý Nuselák. Má jen 15 metrů, přesto se mu přezdívá "most sebevrahů" |url=https://nasregion.cz/kladensko/sitensky-most-sebevrahu/ |accessdate=16 July 2020 |work=Náš REGION |date=21 March 2018}}</ref>
===New Zealand===
The Auckland Harbour Bridge and Grafton Bridge in Auckland have been known for suicides and suicide attempts, with multiple attempts to install suicide prevention barriers in recent decades.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/26441/barriers-on-grafton-bridge|title=Barriers on Grafton Bridge|author=Jock Phillips}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Auckland Harbour Bridge suicide barriers not installed, despite recommendations | date=April 19, 2022 | url =https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/128394268/auckland-harbour-bridge-suicide-barriers-not-installed-despite-recommendations|author=Adam Jacobson | work = Stuff NZ | accessdate = 2024-09-23 }}</ref>
===South Africa=== *88 people have jumped to their death from the Van Stadens Bridge, near Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2341592,00.html|title=Another Van Staden's suicide|date=2008-08-16|work=News24|accessdate=2009-01-13}}</ref> A barrier has since been installed.
===South Korea=== {{Main|Suicide in South Korea}} [[File:Mapo Bridge.png|thumb|As a suicide prevention initiative, signs on the Mapo Bridge display reassuring messages to potential suicide victims. The phrase on this particular handrail pictured reads: "The wind is really nice."]] *A frequently used suicide bridge in Seoul is the Mapo Bridge,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theworld.org/stories/2013/08/15/bridge-signs-used-south-korea-anti-suicide-efforts|title=Bridge Signs Used in South Korea Anti-Suicide Efforts|website=Public Radio International}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://soranews24.com/2014/02/26/seoul-anti-suicide-initiative-backfires-deaths-increase-over-than-six-times/|title=Seoul anti-suicide initiative backfires, deaths increase by more than six times|date=26 February 2014}}</ref> locally known as "Suicide Bridge" and "The Bridge of Death".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR_6vgQ6URA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/iR_6vgQ6URA |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Mapo Bridge a.k.a. "Suicide Bridge" - Seoul, South Korea|last=Mission Field Media|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOfBKvcZuWY |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518133236/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOfBKvcZuWY&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=2019-05-18 |url-status=dead|title=Went To Mapo Bridge!|last=Luke Williams|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jYBWBlEd0U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/5jYBWBlEd0U |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=On Patrol with South Korea's Suicide Rescue Team|last=VICE|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tynlwqiuMfY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/tynlwqiuMfY |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=The Mapo "Suicide" Bridge. Seoul, SK. (Video 1 of 4)|last=LarrySeesAsia|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liQzqLymKj8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/liQzqLymKj8 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Mapo - The Bridge of Death 마포대교|last=Oussayma Canbarieh|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UXqB4HmFMA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/5UXqB4HmFMA |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=생명의 다리 (Bridge of Life) - 마포대교 Mapo Bridge & Suicide Prevention (ENG)|author=futuexfuture|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_briggs_the_bridge_between_suicide_and_life|title=The bridge between suicide and life|first=Kevin|last=Briggs|via=www.ted.com}}</ref> South Korean authorities have tried to counter this by calling the bridge "The Bridge of Life" and posting reassuring messages on the ledges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmoG5GBqMw0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/PmoG5GBqMw0 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=AD SAMSUNG BRIDGE OF LIFE SOUTH KOREA|last=PERPERIDIS SPYRIDONAS|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
===United Kingdom=== *The Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and opened in 1864. Since then, it has gained a reputation as a suicide bridge, with over 500 deaths from jumping. It has plaques that advertise the telephone number of Samaritans. In 1998, the bridge was fitted with suicide barriers, which halved the suicide rate in the years following. It lays over the River Avon.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/190/3/266.full|title=Effect of barriers on the Clifton suspension bridge |date=June 6, 2006}}</ref> CCTV is also installed on the bridge. *A notable suicide bridge in London is the Hornsey Lane Bridge,<ref>{{cite hansard|title=ARCHWAY (A1 ROAD BRIDGE)|date=9 July 1971|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1971/jul/09/archway-a1-road-bridge|house=House of Commons|column=1777}}</ref> which passes over Archway Road and connects the Highgate and Crouch End areas. The bridge provides views of notable landmarks such as St. Paul's Cathedral, The Gherkin and The Shard. It was the venue for mental illness campaign group Mad Pride's inaugural vigil in 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asylumonline.net/archive/v13_n4_15-23.htm |title=Archive Volume 13 > Number 4: 'Believing in Bedlam' |author=Rob Dellar |work=AsylumONLINE |year=2002 |accessdate=29 November 2012 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219102051/http://asylumonline.net/archive/v13_n4_15-23.htm |archive-date=February 19, 2005 }}</ref> and was the subject of Johnny Burke's 2006 film ''The Suicide Bridge''.<ref>{{cite web|title= Special Screenings|publisher= Rio Cinema|date= April 2006|url= http://www.riocinema.ndirect.co.uk/2006/Apr06/specialcreenings.htm | accessdate =2007-05-14 |quote=THE BRIDGE UK MiniDV 8mins 8 Director/Producer/Screenplay Johnny Burke There is a 100 year old woman, a serial killer, in North London. Her name is "Suicide Bridge". High above the Archway Road, throwing a heavy shadow over the passing traffic, she assists the tragic people who come for her help. }}</ref> When, at the end of 2010, three men in three weeks died by suicide from jumping from the bridge, a campaign was set up by local residents for better anti-suicide measures to be put in place.<ref name=Hornseybridge1>{{cite web | title =Hornsey Lane Bridge Anti-Suicide Campaign | publisher =Hornsey Lane Bridge Anti-Suicide Campaign | date =September 2011 | url =http://hornseylanebridge.net | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130221222201/http://hornseylanebridge.net/ | url-status =usurped | archive-date =February 21, 2013 | accessdate =9 October 2011}}</ref> In October 2015 Islington Council and Haringey Council approved Transport for London's plans for the construction of a safety fence.<ref name=Hornseybridge2>{{cite web|title= Haringey Council approves anti-suicide measures for Archway Bridge after 10-year fight|publisher= Ham & High|date= 29 October 2015|url= http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/haringey_council_approves_anti_suicide_measures_for_archway_bridge_after_10_year_fight_1_4290462|accessdate= 31 October 2015}}</ref> In summer 2019, Haringey Council installed additional measures to prevent suicide from the bridge in the form of a 3m high fence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/politics/mother-of-man-who-died-at-archway-bridge-ecstatic-as-security-measures-finally-installed-1-6195248|title = Mother of man who died at Archway Bridge 'ecstatic' as security measures finally installed|date = 2 August 2019}}</ref> *At the Humber Bridge in Hull, more than 200 incidents of people jumping or falling from the bridge have taken place since its opening in 1981. Between 1990 and February 2001 the Humber Rescue Team was called 64 times to deal with people falling or jumping off the bridge. *Overtoun Bridge near Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire has been publicised due to reports of dogs jumping or falling from the bridge.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2017-12-05|title=A dangerously irresistible smell: The truth behind the seemingly suicidal dogs in Scotland|url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/12/05/overtoun-bridge/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=The Vintage News|language=en}}</ref>
===United States=== {{multiple image | align = right | direction = horizontal | header = | header_align = left/right/center | header_background = | footer = As a suicide prevention initiative, signs on the Golden Gate Bridge promote special telephones that connect to a crisis hotline, as well as a 24/7 crisis text line. | footer_align = left/right/center | footer_background = | total_width = 444 | image1 = Suicide prevention sign on the Golden Gate Bridge 2.jpg | alt1 = | caption1 = | image2 = Crisis Counseling at Golden Gate Bridge.jpg | alt2 = | caption2 = }} [[Image:Suicide hotline sign on GW Memorial Bridge 4.jpg|thumb|upright|Suicide hotline on the George Washington Memorial Bridge, Seattle, Washington.]] *The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco has the second highest number of suicides in the world<ref name=lethalbeauty>{{cite news|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/30/MNG2NFF7KI1.DTL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060217153615/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/30/MNG2NFF7KI1.DTL |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 17, 2006 |date=October 30, 2005|title=Lethal Beauty: The Golden Gate Bridge is the world's No. 1 suicide magnet|work= San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> (after the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge) with around 1,600 bodies having been recovered as of 2012, and the assumption of many more unconfirmed deaths.<ref name="LAtimess2011">{{cite web | last =Bateson| first = John| url = https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-may-25-la-oe-adv-bateson-golden-gate-20120525-story.html | title =The Golden Gate Bridge's fatal flaw| work=Los Angeles Times | date = May 25, 2012 | access-date =October 18, 2013 }}</ref> In 2004, documentary filmmaker Eric Steel set off controversy by revealing that he had tricked the bridge committee into allowing him to film the Golden Gate for months and had captured 23 suicides on film for his documentary ''The Bridge'' (2006). In March 2005, San Francisco supervisor Tom Ammiano proposed funding a study on erecting a suicide barrier on the bridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goldengatebridge.org/projects/documents/March24BOD_000.doc|website=GoldenGateBridge.org|title=Funding Study}}</ref><ref name="Koopman"/> In June 2014, a suicide barrier was approved for the Golden Gate Bridge.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Stephanie|title=Funding for Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier approved|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/27/health/golden-gate-suicide-barrier/|accessdate=28 June 2014|agency=CNN|issue=Suicide Barrier on Golden Gate Bridge|publisher=CNN|date=27 June 2014}}</ref> Barrier construction began in 2017 and was completed in early 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ggbsuicidebarrier.org/|title=Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Barrier|website=ggbsuicidebarrier.org|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref> *In Seattle, Washington, more than 230 people have died by suicide from the George Washington Memorial Bridge, making it the second deadliest suicide bridge in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=3664|title= Jumpers Take It to the Bridge|work= The Stranger|date= April 13, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5418 |title=The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State|website= HistoryLink.org}}</ref> In a span of a decade ending in January 2007, nearly 50 people jumped to their deaths, nine in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16829300 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925172407/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16829300/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |title='Suicide bridge' hurts workers' mental health|work= NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2014235986_aurorabridge.html | work=The Seattle Times | first=Olivia | last=Bobrowsky | title=Construction of Aurora Bridge suicide barrier completed | date=2011-02-15}}</ref> At a cost of $5,000,000, a suicide barrier was completed on February 16, 2011. *The San Diego-Coronado Bridge is the third-deadliest suicide bridge in the United States, followed by the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in St. Petersburg, Florida.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/71799/TampaBay/Bridge_phones_offer_a.shtml |title=Bridge phones offer a new lifeline (Solar-powered phones have been installed on the Skyway to offer direct help for those contemplating suicide|author=Gibson, Linda|work= St. Petersburg Times|date= July 17, 1999 }}</ref> *The Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge along State Route 154 in Santa Barbara County, California has seen 55 jumps by suicide since opening in 1964,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2011/feb/23/cold-spring-bridge-site-55th-suicide/|title=Cold Spring Bridge Site of 55th Suicide|date=2011-02-23|newspaper=Santa Barbara Independent|accessdate=2011-02-23}}</ref> including 7 in 2009. A proposal to install a barrier on this bridge in 2005 led to the completion of a safety barrier/fence in March 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/projects/sb_cold_springs/index.html|title=Cold Spring Canyon Bridge |website= California Department of Transportation, District 5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cscbfriends.com/|title=Friends of the Bridge}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stopthetragedy.org/|title=Stop the Tragedy at Cold Spring Bridge|website=www.stopthetragedy.org}}</ref> *Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, California, has also seen barriers erected.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2018/09/04/pasadena-is-extending-temporary-fencing-on-colorado-street-bridge-to-deter-suicide-attempts/|title=Pasadena is extending temporary fencing on Colorado Street Bridge to deter suicide attempts|date=2018-09-04|website=Pasadena Star News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref> *During the mid-20th century in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Wissahickon Memorial Bridge had a policeman stationed after it opened because of the numerous suicides taking place.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xXhgAAAAIBAJ&pg=3496,2234284 |title=STATION POLICEMAN ON SUICIDE BRIDGE|work=Painesville Telegraph|date= December 6, 1941|accessdate= July 14, 2013}}</ref> *Cornell University has had a number of suicides by jumping from the bridges over the gorges on campus from the 1970s to 2010.<ref name=Huffington>{{cite news|last=Fishman|first=Rob|title=Cornell Suicides: Do Ithaca's Gorges Invite Jumpers?|newspaper=The Huffington Post|date=December 16, 2010|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-fishman/the-gorges-of-cornell-uni_b_498656.html|access-date=October 16, 2014}}</ref> Between 1991 and 1994, five students died by suicide in the gorges.<ref name=Huffington/> *New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2008/09/new-river-gorge-national-river-iconic-bridge-attracts-suicide-jumpers |title=At New River Gorge National River, an Iconic Bridge Attracts Suicide Jumpers |first1=Bob |last1=Janiskee |date=September 16, 2008 |work=National Parks Traveler |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.register-herald.com/news/man-dies-after-jumping-from-new-river-gorge-bridge/article_f072d2f0-86a6-53c2-8603-0923376518a1.html |title=Man dies after jumping from New River Gorge Bridge |first1=Daniel |last1=Tyson |date=August 25, 2015 |publisher=Register-Herald.com, The Register-Herald |newspaper=Fayette Tribune |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> *Suicide Bridge Road is located just off Maryland Route 14 near the town of Secretary, Maryland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://adrienneprice.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/adventure-to-suicide-bridge-md/ |title=Adventure to Suicide Bridge (MD) |first=Adrienne |last=Price |via=WordPress |date=January 22, 2010 |accessdate=September 13, 2025}}</ref> *The Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cecildaily.com/local_news/police-confirm-the-identity-of-bridge-jumper/article_7e334ff8-f529-11e0-bafd-001cc4c03286.html|title=Police confirm the identity of bridge jumper|first=Carl|last=Hamilton|date=Oct 13, 2011|website=Cecil Daily}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cecildaily.com/news/state_news/one-man-dies-another-injured-in-jumps-from-bay-bridge/article_bdaac432-0fbd-11e1-8f66-001cc4c03286.html|title=One man dies, another injured in jumps from Bay Bridge|date=Nov 15, 2011|website=Cecil Daily}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbc26.com/news/national/maryland-first-responder-saves-man-from-suicide-on-chesapeake-bay-bridge|title=First responder saves man from suicide on bridge|date=12 April 2018|website=WGBA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/30/man-jumps-chesapeake-bay-bridge/|title=Woman jumps off Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland|first=S.A.|last=Miller|date=November 30, 2017|website=The Washington Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/3-plunge-from-bay-bridge-2-killed|title=3 plunge from Bay Bridge; 2 killed|date=18 April 2011|website=Washington Examiner}}</ref> *The George Washington Bridge in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/every-35-days-someone-attempts-suicide-george-washington-bridge/|title=Every 3.5 Days, Someone Attempts Suicide Off the George Washington Bridge|date=29 Jan 2015|website=WNYC}}</ref> *The Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge in Williamson County, Tennessee<ref name="tennessean.com">[https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2019/02/27/natchez-trace-bridge-resolution-suicides-public-health-committee/3003770002/ Natchez Trace Bridge: Resolution recognizing suicides moves to full committee]</ref> *The All-America Bridge in Akron, Ohio.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Warsmith |first1=Stephanie |title=Akron exploring whether to memorialize Y-Bridge jumpers |url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/local/2012/01/08/akron-exploring-whether-to-memorialize/10723739007/ |website=Akron Beacon Journal}}</ref> *The Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.startribune.com/do-more-to-deter-suicide-at-the-washington-avenue-bridge/600360838/|title=Do more to deter suicide at the Washington Avenue Bridge|first=MJ|last=Weiss|date=April 22, 2024|work=StarTribune.com}}</ref> * The Piscataqua River Bridge between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fosters.com/story/news/local/2025/06/12/nh-starts-i-95-piscataqua-river-bridge-suicide-prevention-study-barriers/84148806007/ |title=Gov. Ayotte forms group to tackle I-95 bridge suicide prevention: Are barriers coming? |first=Ian |last=Lenahan |newspaper=Foster's Daily Democrat |location=Dover, New Hampshire |date=June 12, 2025 |accessdate=June 12, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-new-hampshire-move-ahead-with-feasibility-study-for-suicide-barrier-on-piscataqua-river-bridge-kittery-portsmouth |title=Maine, NH move ahead with feasibility study for suicide barrier on Piscataqua River Bridge |first=Brad |last=Rogers |website=WGME-TV |date=July 25, 2025 |accessdate=September 13, 2025}}</ref>
==See also== *Copycat suicide * List of suicide sites * Lover's Leap * Aokigahara suicide forest
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{cite news|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=3&f=/c/a/2005/10/30/MNG2NFF7KI1.DTL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060222035533/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=3&f=/c/a/2005/10/30/MNG2NFF7KI1.DTL |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 22, 2006 |title=Golden Gate bridge - Graph of suicides per year|work=San Francisco Chronicle}} * {{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/search/?action=search&firstRequest=1&searchindex=gsa&query=%22lethal+beauty%22 |title=Lethal Beauty|work=San Francisco Chronicle}} (A series of articles about suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge.) * {{cite web|url=http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org |title=National Suicide Prevention Lifeline|website=suicidepreventionlifeline.org}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.hopeline.com|title= Kristin Brooks Hope Center|website=hopeline.com}} * {{cite news|author=Kruse, Michael|date=May 8, 2010|url=http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/jump-from-sunshine-skyway-opened-door-to-a-second-chance/1063969 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117085258/http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/jump-from-sunshine-skyway-opened-door-to-a-second-chance/1063969 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2010 |work=Tampa Bay Times|title=Jump from Sunshine Skyway opened door to a second chance}} (A bridge suicide jump survivor invents a prevention device.) * {{cite web|url=http://www.skywaybridge.com/home.htm |title=The Skyway Bridge|website=skywaybridge.com}} (Detailed documentation of Skyway Bridge suicides in Florida.) * {{cite thesis |title = Outcomes in suicidal bridge jumping in the Lower Mainland|year = 2019|doi = 10.14288/1.0387208|last1 = Stephanian|first1 = Dylan|publisher = University of British Columbia}}
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