It took much more than a clever engineer and a relentless promoter to build the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge effort enlisted men by the hundreds to do the filthy, back-breaking, and routinely ...

The Golden Gate Bridge's vaulting, orange arches amidst the rocky seascape of the San Francisco Bay have made it one of the West Coast's most enduring symbols and the city's most popular tourist ...

Between its opening and 2008, the Golden Gate Bridge has provided opportunities for 1700 suicides. Creating barriers has been shown to effectively reduce suicide attempts. Still, there are often ...

A year after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland, federal safety officials are urging bridge owners to conduct risk assessments to prevent another tragedy.

A new report released this week about last year’s deadly collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore — after it was struck by a container ship — has also raised questions about dozens of other bridges ...

Early evidence indicates that the installation of safety nets on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco has been successful in reducing the number of suicides at the bridge. The results ...

The Washington Post reports on a new study indicating that the nets have reduced suicides by 73%. Other health news comes from Texas, North Carolina, California, and Colorado.

Firefighters battled a blaze at the site of a landmark restaurant in Los Angeles Thursday morning. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, crews were attempting to save the Pacific Dining Car ...

The NTSB said the State of Maryland never ran a risk calculation on the Francis Scott Key Bridge - if it had, it would have been aware of the potential dangers. The Golden Gate Bridge is one of ...

The Golden Gate Bridge suicide net appears to be working and is doing what it's intended to do – reduce the number of deaths at the bridge. A driver crashed into a toll booth on the Golden ...

A new report compiled after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore shows that San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and four other Bay Area spans may be vulnerable to collapse from a ship ...