PM: New Scales Will Weigh On The Fly

A $6.7 million Washington port of entry and weigh station complex under construction along Interstate 90 at the Idaho state line will provide nonstop service to many truckers, Department of Transportation spokesman Al Gilson said this week. He said scales embedded in the highway in front of the existing weigh station, about one-half mile east of its replacement , will weigh trucks on the fly. Bert Caldwell’s SR story here .

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