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Located in Pasadena, California, the Colorado Street Bridge or Suicide Bridge is 1,467 feet long and 150 feet high and spans the Arroyo Seco, which is a deep cut canyon that links the San Gabriel Mountains with the Los Angeles River.

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The bridge was constructed in 1913 and at least 100 people committed suicide by leaping into the Arroyo Seco from the Colorado Street Bridge by 1939. The bridge was long ago nicknamed the Suicide Bridge and many reports have surfaced that claim the bridge and Arroyo Seco are haunted today by the spirits of those who killed themselves here.

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The air around the bridge is often described as being “thick”. Some people have reported seeing a woman in a flowing robe standing on top one of the bridge’s parapets before she leaps over the side and vanishes into thin air.

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Before the Colorado Street Bridge was even finished one of the workers apparently fell from the height and landed head first into a vat of wet concrete. Other workers assumed he died from the fall and could not be rescued and he was left to die in the quick drying cement and entombed forever. People today sometimes report hearing cries from below the bridge and many think it is the desperate cries of the fallen worker’s soul.

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Other people have reported seeing a man with an old fashioned suit and wire rimmed glasses wandering the bridge. Many have reported strange sounds and cries emanating from around and below the bridge. Animals in the area, including pets walking the bridge and paths below, have been reported to act strangely in the area constantly looking behind them and eager to move away. Homeless people camping under the bridge have regularly reported seeing ghostly figures and hearing mysterious noises.

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In 1937 a despondent mother reportedly threw her baby over the side of the bridge before leaping to her own death. Miraculously the baby landed in the thick branches of a tree and survived.

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Over the years scenes from TV shows like Sliders, Pasadena and Alias, as well as feature films like Being John Malkovich (1999) and Yes Man starring Jim Carrey (2008) were filmed at and around the Colorado Street Bridge.

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The Suicide Bridge was damaged in the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 that famously held up the start of the 3rd game of the World Series on national TV as sports announcer Al Michaels described the vivid earthquake scene live from Candlestick Park in San Francisco. The Colorado Street Bridge was repaired and reopened in 1993 at a cost of 27 million dollars, including suicide prevention fences which have reportedly worked well but the bridge is still known as The Suicide Bridge to all who live and haunt in the area today.

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The bridge is listed in the United States National Register of Historic (and Haunted) Places.

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