Criteria for Selecting Truck Weigh-Inspection Station Sites

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  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Motor and Other Vehicles
  4. Size, Weight and Load
  5. General Provisions
  6. Criteria for Selecting Truck Weigh-Inspection Station Sites

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The department of transportation shall use the following criteria to select the site of truck weigh-inspection stations:

  1. Ability to intercept maximum number of trucks;
  2. Resistance to being bypassed by trucks;
  3. Proximity of services;
  4. Cost of construction of and right-of-way to the station;
  5. Avoidance of adverse alignment of the through lanes;
  6. Adequate spacing from interchanges and bridges;
  7. Effect on environment; and
  8. Facilitation of enforcement.


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