46.2-1127 - Weight limits for vehicles using interstate highways.
§ 46.2-1127. Weight limits for vehicles using interstate highways.
No motor vehicle or combination of vehicles shall travel on an interstatehighway in the Commonwealth with (i) a single axle weight in excess of 20,000pounds, or (ii) a tandem axle weight in excess of 34,000 pounds, or (iii) agross weight, based on axle spacing, greater than that permitted in §46.2-1126, or (iv) a gross weight, regardless of axle spacing, in excess of80,000 pounds, unless otherwise permitted by the proper authority. If suchweights on interstate highways are increased, the Governor, uponrecommendation of the Department of Transportation, may authorize the axleand gross weights set forth in this section to be used on interstate highwaysin the Commonwealth.
(Code 1950, § 46-334; 1952, c. 454; 1956, cc. 141, 476; 1958, c. 541, §46.1-339; 1962, c. 84; 1964, c. 354; 1974, c. 145; 1981, c. 187; 1982, c.671; 1983, c. 515; 1987, c. 695; 1989, c. 727.)