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.
On the north side of Highway 2 at Wrenco Loop Road, this site has a pair of cameras providing views east and west on the highway. The views cycle every five seconds. Coordinates given are for the east view. The cameras are mounted on a black painted steel tower with accompanying weather monitoring instruments. Wrenco is a small community about midway between Laclede, to the west, and Dover, to the east.