Pedestrians and cyclists hoping to reopen the closed section of the Philadelphia Schuylkill River Trail in May will have to wait another month.

As the underground barriers on the river bank hindered the completion of the maintenance of the PennDOT’s infrastructure for the retaining wall of the Chestnut Street Bridge, a popular leisure road from Walnut Street to Market Street will be closed until late June. Say friday.

At the same time, trail users will need to continue to follow the posted detour route for trail access between South Street and Race Street.

Part of the Schuylkill River is Closed in February and took a detour When the building began to repair the retaining wall of the embankment supporting the embankment.

Access to the Chestnut Street Trail is expected to be closed for up to three months in order to complete all repairs before the busiest road usage period in spring and summer.

In the past three months, detours have been set up for footprint users at the access points on Market Street and Walnut Street.

The entrance to the trail is always open on South Street, Shulkier River Park Bridge, Locust Street, John F. Kennedy Avenue and Racehorse Street.

PennDOT, the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department, and the Schuylkill River Water Development Company have repaired the fence as part of the project. $103 million project Repair the Lizi Street Bridge and eight other nearby buildings. The project is fully funded by federal and state funds.

Beginning in 2017, the project included repairing, refurbishing and repainting the superstructure of the main bridge, and replacing the deck of the main bridge, which connects the central city with the university city and West Ferry on the West Shulkir River.

The project also includes the replacement of the decks of three adjacent Chestnut Street Bridges for Interstate 76, and two viaducts on Schuylkill Avenue and Chestnut Street westbound ramp and Walnut Street eastbound ramp.

The Chestnut Street building included in the project was originally built between 1864 and 1960 and can carry an average of 18,300 cars per day. The Schuylkill Avenue building on the west side of the river was built in the late 1950s and can carry an average of 8,600 cars per day.

The entire project is expected to be completed this fall.