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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 515 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 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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, chapter 727; in 1994, chapter 456<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 585<\/a> and 646<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62289,"section_number":"46.2-1116","catch_line":"Vehicles having more than one trailer, etc., attached thereto; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1116\/"},{"id":81922,"section_number":"46.2-1117.1","catch_line":"Commercial delivery of towaway trailers","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1117.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":228873,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79246,"identifier":"46.2-1117","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/16\/46.2-1117","url":"\/46.2-1117\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1117\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/16\/46.2-1117","dublin_core":{"Title":"Tractor truck semitrailer combinations operating on certain highways; access to certain facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1117","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A tractor truck<\/span> semitrailer<\/span> combination may draw one trailer<\/span> when operating on any interstate highway<\/span> and any highway<\/span> as designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The Commissioner<\/span> of Highways<\/span><\/span> shall designate reasonable access to terminals, facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, and points of loading and unloading for carriers of household goods.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRACTOR TRUCK SEMITRAILER COMBINATIONS OPERATING ON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS; ACCESS TO\nCERTAIN FACILITIES (\u00a7 46.2-1117)\n\nA tractor truck semitrailer combination may draw one trailer when operating on\nany interstate highway and any highway as designated by the Commonwealth\nTransportation Board. The Commissioner of Highways shall designate reasonable\naccess to terminals, facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, and points of\nloading and unloading for carriers of household goods.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 515, \u00a7 46.1-335.1; 1989, c. 727; 1994, c. 456; 2013, cc. 585,\n646.","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}}