This is what the Aurora Bridge suicide prevention fence will probably look like:

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The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is working out a few final design issues and will present the proposal to the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board in January of February.

WSDOT has apparently come up with a design which will retain the view from the bridge. "As you’re driving along, the cables will become almost invisible," says WSDOT spokesman Greg Phipps. "This is a custom design. We’re trying to balance the community issues and the historic issues."

Phipps says construction on the barrier should be completed by the end of 2010.