A new pedestrian walkway along the south jog at the municipal fish pier will cost about half as much as originally projected.

Aimed to make crossing the street safer, pedestrian ‘refuge islands’ are being built at more than a dozen intersections along Chestnut Street in West Philly.

They're the only concrete trusses to be known of in ... and in 2003 it was restored and became a pedestrian-only walkway. There is also 15-foot-wide central bike lane in the middle of the bridge.

MORE PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Mike Jolly and his wife exercise on the Hickory City Walk about every day. They had no idea a crack had begun to appear in the concrete underneath the pedestrian bridge tha ...