Iowa DOT Weigh Stations And Rest Area Locations

Point features document the precise locations of Iowa Department of Transportation's truck weigh areas and rest/parking facilities. The dataset includes descriptive and contact information for each site and was last updated in 2015. It is published by the State of Iowa.

Use Cases

• Map facility locations to analyze spatial distribution of weigh stations and rest areas across Iowa.
• Use contact information fields to support operational planning and maintenance scheduling for specific sites.
• Analyze the co-location of weigh areas and rest facilities to study driver stop patterns.
• Join location data with traffic volume datasets to assess facility utilization rates.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, XML, RDF, and JSON.
• Contains point-level geospatial coordinates for precise location mapping.

Limitations

• The underlying data is from 2015 and may not reflect new, closed, or modified facilities.
• No row count or sample data is provided to assess dataset volume.

Provenance

Source

State of Iowa, Iowa Department of Transportation.

Collection Method

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Time Range

2015

Freshness

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Geography

State of Iowa, USA.