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 allotted separate pages, are cycled on a single page, changing views every five seconds to every five minutes.
On the south side of Highway 200 at the west end of a pullout, this pair of cameras provide east and west views of the highway. The nearest town of any size is Kootenai, about five miles west, which could be considered a suburb of Sandpoint. The cameras are mounted on a typical steel tower with accompanying weather monitoring instruments. The views change every five seconds. Coordinates given are for the east looking view, across the pullout.