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Hazard WI

Pedestrian Bridge (Tosa Plaza)

Menomonee - C) MenTosa: Hart Park Lane to W.Monarch Place or 4198 W.St.Paul Avenue (2.7 or 3.7 miles) (WI)

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Gauge Conditions
Menomonee River at Wauwatosa, WI Upstream Primary
Runnable: 125.0 – 3,000.0 CFS

Float trip with (grungy) riffles and rips.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Pedestrian Bridge (Tosa Plaza)
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

Anyone putting in upstream of our recommended put-in (Hart Park) should be aware that downstream of the bike-path bridge, Red Store Lot, and Harmonee Avenue bridge, is a pedestrian mall/bridge in the heart of Wauwatosa. Two bridge piers in the river regularly accumulate branches and whole trees. Approach this area with caution(especially at high flows). Better yet, SCOUT this bridge while you are running your shuttle to be aware of the conditions here if putting in anywhere upstream of this.

If passage is completely blocked, stairs at river-right allow exit from the river. However, you'd be precariously close to the danger of the blockage, there won't likely be much of an eddy to conveniently get out, and you will likely end up walking East (across a bridge on the Oak Leaf Trail) to get to our listed/recommended put-in, so you're better off just starting from there.

Location
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class N/A
Mile Marker
0.2 mi
Directions
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C) MenTosa: Hart Park Lane to W.Monarch Place or 4198 W.St.Paul Avenue (2.7 or 3.7 miles)
Menomonee
II-III 3.7 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater