Quality Assurance - Laboratory - Truck Weight Enforcement
(Scale House) Directions
The Pennsylvania Standards Laboratory performs testing of truck scales used for weight enforcement at the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation engineering district 8/0 building # 5.
- Truck Weight Enforcement building # 5 (717) 783-8776 (voice)
- Pennsylvania Standards Laboratory (717) 787-0937 (voice), Supervisor Tom Hale (717) 787-4707(voice)
FROM THE EAST OR WEST VIA I-76 (Pa Turnpike)
Exit 19 (Harrisburg East) Route I-283
North on I-283 to I-83
North on I-83 to I-81
South on I-81 to Cameron Street exit
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FROM THE SOUTH VIA US 15
North on US 15 to PA 581 (Harrisburg Expressway)
East on PA 581 to I-83 north
North on I-83 to I-81 south
South on I-81 to Cameron Street exit
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FROM THE SOUTH VIA I-83
North on I-83 to I-81
South on I-81 to Cameron Street exit
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FROM THE EAST OR NORTH VIA I-78 & I-81
South on I-81 to Cameron Street exit
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FROM THE NORTH OR WEST VIA US 22/US 322
Follow US 22 east to Cameron Street
(DO NOT EXIT ONTO I-81, STAY IN THE LEFT LANE)
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FROM THE SOUTH VIA I-81
North on I-81 to Cameron Street exit
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ONCE YOU ARE ON CAMERON STREET
Follow Cameron Street (US 22) south past the Department of Agriculture and Farm Show Complex to the third traffic light, where you will turn left onto 22 East Arsenal Boulevard. (Burger King is on the far right hand corner.) Follow Arsenal Boulevard, merge onto Herr Street, and proceed to the next traffic light, which is the intersection of Parkway Boulevard (right) and Edgemont Road (left). There is a cemetery ahead on the left and a convenience store on the right. Make a left onto Edgemont Road and follow the signs to the "PENNDOT" County Maintenance & Sign Shop", proceed approximately 1/10 of a mile, and take the first left. You will come to a stop sign. Go straight at the stop sign into the fenced in area, bear to your right, and follow the fence back to Truck Weight Enforcement building # 5. The building is located at the northwest corner of the property.