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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 24. Transportation and Motor Vehicles |
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Agency 20. Department of Motor Vehicles |
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Chapter 81. Hauling Permit Regulation |
Section 80. Maximum weight allowed by permit without an engineering review based on axle spacing
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Maximum weight in pounds according to vehicle axle spacings allowed by permit without an engineering review from the Virginia Department of Transportation's Structures and Bridges Division for any group of two or more consecutive axles.
All vehicle configurations shall be reduced to the smallest dimensions possible and those exceeding the specifications identified in this chart will require an engineering review before a permit can be issued.
"L" is defined as the distance in feet between any group of two or more consecutive axles, when measured longitudinally, from the center of the axle to the center of the axle, with any fraction of a foot rounded to the next highest foot as set forth in the following table:
L
2 axles
3 axles
4 axles
5 axles
6 axles
7 or more axles
4
44,000
5
44,000
6
44,000
7
44,000
8
48,000
53,500
9
54,500
10
55,000
11
56,000
12
56,500
63,000
13
57,500
63,500
14
58,000
64,500
15
59,000
65,000
16
59,500
65,500
72,500
17
60,500
66,500
73,000
18
61,000
67,000
74,000
19
62,000
67,500
74,500
20
62,500
68,500
75,000
82,000
21
63,500
69,000
75,500
82,500
22
64,000
69,500
76,500
83,000
23
65,000
70,500
77,000
84,000
24
65,500
71,000
77,500
84,500
91,500
25
66,500
71,500
78,000
85,000
92,000
26
67,000
72,500
79,000
85,500
92,500
27
68,000
73,000
79,500
86,000
93,000
28
68,500
73,500
80,000
87,000
94,000
29
69,500
74,500
80,500
87,500
94,500
30
70,000
75,000
81,500
88,000
95,000
31
71,000
75,500
82,000
88,500
95,500
32
71,500
76,500
82,500
89,000
96,000
33
77,000
83,000
90,000
97,000
34
77,500
84,000
90,500
97,500
35
78,500
84,500
91,000
98,000
36
79,000
85,000
91,500
98,500
37
79,500
85,500
92,000
99,000
38
80,500
86,500
93,000
99,500
39
81,000
87,000
93,500
100,500
40
81,500
87,500
94,000
101,000
41
82,500
88,000
94,500
101,500
42
83,000
89,000
95,000
102,000
43
83,500
89,500
96,000
102,500
44
84,500
90,000
96,500
103,000
45
85,000
90,500
97,000
104,000
46
85,500
91,500
97,500
104,500
47
86,500
92,000
98,000
105,000
48
87,000
92,500
99,000
105,500
49
87,500
93,000
99,500
106,000
50
88,500
94,000
100,000
106,500
51
89,000
94,500
100,500
107,500
52
89,500
95,000
101,000
108,000
53
90,500
95,500
102,000
108,500
54
91,000
96,500
102,500
109,000
55
91,500
97,000
103,000
109,500
56
92,500
97,500
104,000
110,000
57
93,000
98,000
104,500
111,000
58
94,000
99,000
105,000
111,500
59
94,500
99,500
105,500
112,000
60
95,000
100,000
106,000
112,500
61
96,000
101,000
106,500
113,000
62
101,500
107,000
113,500
63
102,000
108,000
114,500
64
102,500
108,500
115,000
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 25, Issue 26, eff. September 30, 2009.