Lawmakers debate adding safety features to bridges to prevent suicide

By: Kendra Mobilia

Outlets: Report for Minnesota

Published: March 20, 2026

Words: 466

Last Updated: 16 hours, 11 minutes ago

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Transportation officials would have to consider ways to incorporate suicide prevention barriers when they build or repair bridges in Minnesota under a bill being debated by state lawmakers.

Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, proposed the bill after Kayla Gaebel, 29, died by suicide in 2023 on the Washington Avenue Bridge that connects the east and west banks of the Mississippi River on the University of Minnesota campus.

Since then, Kayla’s Mother, MJ Weiss Blair, …

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