46.2-1114 - Length of automobile or watercraft transporters; operation on certain highways. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-1114. Length of automobile or watercraft transporters; operation oncertain highways.

Automobile or watercraft transporters shall not exceed a length of sixty-fivefeet when operated on any interstate highway or on any highway as designatedby the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Stinger-steered automobile orwatercraft transporters shall not exceed a length of seventy-five feet whenoperated on any interstate highway or on any highway designated by theCommonwealth Transportation Board. In addition, watercraft may be transportedon a truck/trailer combination no more than sixty-five feet long whenoperated on any interstate highway or on any highway designated by theCommonwealth Transportation Board. Any such vehicle shall display a sign of asize and type approved by the Commonwealth Transportation Board warning thatthe vehicle is an over-length vehicle. However, an additional three-footoverhang shall be allowed beyond the front and a four-foot overhang shall beallowed beyond the rear of the vehicle. Such combinations shall havereasonable access to terminals, facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and restas designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.

(1986, c. 72, § 46.1-330.1; 1989, cc. 645, 727; 1994, c. 456.)