The Idaho Transportation Department provides a pair of traffic websites, a
Low Bandwidth Site and a
High Bandwidth Site which, as expected, provides more features and better interactivity. The High Bandwidth website contains six separate pages from which one may learn of
Traffic Speeds,
Weather Stations,
Electronic Signs,
Transit Routes,
Mountain Passes, or
Traffic Cameras. On the latter page one may click on the cameras shown on the map to view current road conditions throughout the state. The majority of the rural web cameras have associated weather stations allowing viewers to ascertain local weather conditions and tendencies. Many cameras transmit several different views, from as few as two to as many as eight. These views, instead of being alloted separate pages, are cycled on a single page, changing views every five seconds to every five minutes.
Along Highway 95 about 7.5 miles north of the little town of Athol, this camera tower mounts two cameras, looking northeast and southwest on the highway. Coordinates given are for the southwest view, toward Athol. The tower is right at the northeast end of the divided highway. The cameras are mounted on a typical fenced steel tower with accompanying weather monitoring instruments.