70th St. Bridge to Open Friday in Time for HartFest

The rebuilt 70th Street bridge will open Friday just in time for in Hart Park, city engineer Bill Wehrley said.

While there has been access on 70th Street to Hart Park from State Street to the north during reconstruction of the bridge, access from the south has been cut off since the project began early last fall.

"It will be open – if we don't get a lot of rain," Wehrley said. "It might not be completely finished in every last detail, but it is substantially done and ready to carry traffic."

HartFest 2011 is Friday and Saturday at the Rotary Performance Pavilion in Hart Park.

The festival will feature music, food and drink beginning at 5 p.m. Friday and events Saturday including an all-day softball tournament, an all-day wiffleball tournament at , a 5k walk/run at 3 p.m., the Car, Cycle and Moped Show from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., a Baggo tournament at 6 p.m., and a Tosa Skateboarders United demonstration from 4 to 6 p.m.

And on Friday, from 6 to 8 p.m., will be there to greet the public, hand out goodies and candy to kids, and talk about Patch. There will even be a prize wheel and a chance to win movie passes.

This year HartFest will benefit the Wisconsin Humane Society, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Heart of Gold, the Wauwatosa East Boosters Club and the National Spinal Cord Injury Association.

Hours:
Friday: 5 p.m. until close
Saturday: noon until close

Location:
Wauwatosa Rotary Performance Pavilion
Near 72nd and State streets in Hart Park