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What is a weighbridge?

What is a weighbridge? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Britain) a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles etc
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The weighbridge itself was an Avery platform scales with a graduated sliding bar balance which indicated the weight on the platform.
The driver of the skip wagon told police he had waited several minutes while another vehicle left the weighbridge.
The function of the weighbridge was to weigh loads of agricultural produce such as hay, straw or turnips.
The divers involved claim that the fish weighed 32 kg, so big in fact that it had to be taken to a public weighbridge.
When the lorry was taken to a weighbridge it was found to be overweight on the rear axle as well as for the gross load.
Sources at the town hall also confirmed the yardman, responsible for operating the weighbridge, was sacked after another disciplinary hearing.

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