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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego City Council has called for a study on ways to prevent suicides on the landmark San Diego-Coronado Bridge.
The San Diego Union-Tribune (http://bit.ly/1T3heol ) says the council on Tuesday endorsed a study to determine whether the state could install barriers or nets on the two-mile span, which soars over San Diego Bay.
There have been more than 360 suicides since the bridge opened in 1969 and the Union-Tribune says the numbers have spiked over the last four years.
The bridge links San Diego and the city of Coronado, where the council also recently endorsed a suicide-prevention study.
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