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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 72 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1989, chapters 645 and 727; in 1994, chapter 456<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 585<\/a> and 646<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 554<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":228857,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84276,"identifier":"46.2-1114","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/16\/46.2-1114","url":"\/46.2-1114\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1114\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/16\/46.2-1114","dublin_core":{"Title":"Length of watercraft transporters; operation on certain highways","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1114","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Watercraft transporters<\/span> shall not exceed a length of 65 feet when operated on any interstate highway<\/span> or on any highway<\/span> as designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Stinger-steered watercraft transporters<\/span> shall not exceed a length of 75 feet when operated on any interstate highway<\/span> or on any highway<\/span> designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. In addition, watercraft may be transported on a truck<\/span>\/trailer<\/span> combination no more than 65 feet long when operated on any interstate highway<\/span> or on any highway<\/span> designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Any such vehicle<\/span> shall display a sign of a size and type approved by the Commissioner<\/span> of Highways<\/span><\/span> warning that the vehicle<\/span> is an over-length vehicle<\/span>. However, an additional three-foot overhang shall be allowed beyond the front and a four-foot overhang shall be allowed beyond the rear of the vehicle<\/span>. Such combinations shall have reasonable access to terminals, facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest as designated by the Commissioner<\/span> of Highways<\/span><\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLENGTH OF WATERCRAFT TRANSPORTERS; OPERATION ON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS (\u00a7 46.2-1114)\n\nWatercraft transporters shall not exceed a length of 65 feet when operated on\nany interstate highway or on any highway as designated by the Commonwealth\nTransportation Board. Stinger-steered watercraft transporters shall not exceed a\nlength of 75 feet when operated on any interstate highway or on any highway\ndesignated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. In addition, watercraft may\nbe transported on a truck\/trailer combination no more than 65 feet long when\noperated on any interstate highway or on any highway designated by the\nCommonwealth Transportation Board. Any such vehicle shall display a sign of a\nsize and type approved by the Commissioner of Highways warning that the vehicle\nis an over-length vehicle. However, an additional three-foot overhang shall be\nallowed beyond the front and a four-foot overhang shall be allowed beyond the\nrear of the vehicle. Such combinations shall have reasonable access to\nterminals, facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest as designated by the\nCommissioner of Highways.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 72, \u00a7 46.1-330.1; 1989, cc. 645, 727; 1994, c. 456; 2013, cc.\n585, 646; 2017, c. 554.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}