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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84276</law_id><section_number>46.2-1114</section_number><catch_line>Length of watercraft transporters; operation on certain highways</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="16">Maximum Vehicle Lengths</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p><span class="dictionary">Watercraft transporters</span> shall not exceed a length of 65 feet when operated on any interstate <span class="dictionary">highway</span> or on any <span class="dictionary">highway</span> as designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Stinger-steered <span class="dictionary">watercraft transporters</span> shall not exceed a length of 75 feet when operated on any interstate <span class="dictionary">highway</span> or on any <span class="dictionary">highway</span> designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. In addition, watercraft may be transported on a <span class="dictionary">truck</span>/<span class="dictionary">trailer</span> combination no more than 65 feet long when operated on any interstate <span class="dictionary">highway</span> or on any <span class="dictionary">highway</span> designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Any such <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> shall display a sign of a size and type approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> of <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Highways</span></span> warning that the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> is an over-length <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>. Such combinations shall have reasonable access to terminals, facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest as designated by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> of <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Highways</span></span>.</p></section></text><history>1986, c. 72, &#xA7; 46.1-330.1; 1989, cc. 645, 727; 1994, c. 456; 2013, cc. 585, 646; 2017, c. 554.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
