Czech RepublicĪbout 300 people have jumped to their death from the Nusle Bridge, in Prague, Czech Republic. In 2020, stainless steel netting was installed as a suicide prevention measure.
Catharines, Ontario, has had several suicides.
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As of 2010, safety barriers have been installed the full length of the pedestrian walkway. Macdonald Bridge in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has been used for suicide attempts. Suicide prevention signage has been installed at the entrance to the bridge, however no further prevention program is in development. It is unknown how many deaths have occurred at the bridge in its 107 year long history. The Lethbridge Viaduct in Lethbridge, Alberta, also known as the High Level Bridge, locally known as the Deathbridge, is considered a suicide bridge. Suicides dropped to zero after a barrier was completed in 2003. 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. The Prince Edward Viaduct, commonly referred to as the Bloor Viaduct, in Toronto, Ontario, was considered a suicide bridge. Until then the bridge saw an average of 10 suicides a year. In 2004, a suicide prevention barrier was installed. The Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal, Quebec, is considered a suicide bridge. A suicide prevention barrier has been installed along with signage and support phone lines. There have also been many failed attempts at the 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 2012–2013. The High Level Bridge (Edmonton) in Edmonton, Alberta, is considered a suicide bridge. There is a number of suicide bridges in the greater Vancouver area, the most frequented being the Lions Gate Bridge, which saw 324 suicidal incidents, including 78 jumps from 2006 to 2017. Suicide prevention barriers were installed on the Story Bridge in 2013 a three-metre-high barrier run the full length of both sides 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%. The permanent barrier has now been completed throughout the span of the bridge. 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. Sydney Harbour Bridge has a suicide prevention barrier. 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. Special telephones with connections to crisis hotlines are sometimes installed on bridges. 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. Families affected and groups that help the mentally ill have lobbied governments to erect similar barriers. A similar result was seen when barriers were erected on the popular suicide bridge: the Clifton Suspension Bridge, in the United Kingdom. which has a high incidence of suicide - did not cause an increase of suicides at the nearby Taft Bridge. One study showed that installing barriers on the Duke Ellington Bridge in Washington, D.C. 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. See main article: article and Suicide barrier. For example, some individuals have traveled over the 4.46adj=midNaNadj=mid San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by car in order to jump from the Golden Gate Bridge. To reach such locations, those with the intention to die by suicide must often walk long distances to reach the point where they finally decide to jump.
However, significant injury or death is far from certain numerous studies report minimally injured persons who died from drowning. 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. A suicide bridge is a bridge used frequently to die by suicide, most typically by jumping off and into the water or ground below.
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