PORTSMOUTH, NH – Discussions are continuing with efforts to install suicide prevention barriers on the Piscataqua River Bridge, which spans New Hampshire and Maine.

The bridge, which is jointly owned by New Hampshire and Maine requires both States to approve any changes.

Talks about increasing suicide prevention barriers began last year after three suicide attempts occurred within a 24-hour period.

Mental health advocates have since added signs with the 988 hotline to the bridge and emphasized that barriers can provide a moment of pause when every second counts.