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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 40. Interstate system and designated highways
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Part II. Legal Weight and Size Limits for Virginia
If the vehicle configuration has been reduced to the smallest dimensions possible and still exceeds any of the following statutory limitations listed below, the applicant may be eligible for a hauling permit.
Single Axle Weight:
20,000 pounds or 650 pounds per inch (width) of tire in contact with the surface of the highway
Tandem Axle Weight:
34,000 pounds
Gross Weight:
See 24VAC20-81-60. Legal weight allowed based on axle spacing
Width:
8 feet 6 inches (excluding mirrors and safety devices)
Height:
13 feet 6 inches
Length:
Semitrailer - 48 feet
Semitrailer - 53 feet, provided that the semitrailer has a distance of not more than 41 feet between the kingpin of the semitrailer and the rearmost axle or a point midway between the rear tandem axles.
Tractor truck semitrailer combinations with 48 or 53 foot semitrailers - no overall length restrictions.
Twin trailers - 28 1/2 feet each
Single unit vehicle - 40 feet excluding load
Tractor trucks shall not have more than one semitrailer attached.
Trucks shall not have more than one trailer attached.
Three motor vehicles shall be drawn only if coupled together by a saddle mount device.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 25, Issue 26, eff. September 30, 2009.