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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0554\">554<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61082,"section_number":"46.2-1102","catch_line":"Size and weight limitations inapplicable to farm machinery, agricultural multipurpose drying units, and firefighting equipment; amber warning lights","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1102\/"},{"id":59875,"section_number":"46.2-1140.1","catch_line":"Annual overweight permits; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1140.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":228923,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65156,"identifier":"46.2-1127.1","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/17\/46.2-1127.1","url":"\/46.2-1127.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1127.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/17\/46.2-1127.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Weight limit exception for certain emergency vehicles using the interstate highways","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1127.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> For purposes of this section, &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">emergency vehicle<\/span>&#8221; means a vehicle designed to be used under emergency conditions to (i) transport personnel and equipment and (ii) support the suppression of fires and mitigation of other hazardous situations. <a id=\"paragraph-237025\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1127.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> An <span class=\"dictionary\">emergency vehicle<\/span> shall not exceed the following weight limitations when operated on any interstate <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span>: (i) 24,000 pounds on a single steering axle; (ii) 33,500 pounds on a single drive axle; (iii) 52,000 pounds on a tandem rear drive steer axle; and (iv) 62,000 pounds on a <span class=\"dictionary\">tandem axle<\/span> that is not a tandem rear drive steer axle. However, the maximum <span class=\"dictionary\">gross weight<\/span> of such <span class=\"dictionary\">emergency vehicle<\/span> shall not exceed 86,000 pounds. <a id=\"paragraph-237026\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1127.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWEIGHT LIMIT EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY VEHICLES USING THE INTERSTATE\nHIGHWAYS (\u00a7 46.2-1127.1)\n\nA. For purposes of this section, &#8220;emergency vehicle&#8221; means a vehicle\ndesigned to be used under emergency conditions to (i) transport personnel and\nequipment and (ii) support the suppression of fires and mitigation of other\nhazardous situations.\n\nB. An emergency vehicle shall not exceed the following weight limitations when\noperated on any interstate highway: (i) 24,000 pounds on a single steering axle;\n(ii) 33,500 pounds on a single drive axle; (iii) 52,000 pounds on a tandem rear\ndrive steer axle; and (iv) 62,000 pounds on a tandem axle that is not a tandem\nrear drive steer axle. However, the maximum gross weight of such emergency\nvehicle shall not exceed 86,000 pounds.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}