CHAPTER 84

An Act to amend and reenact 8 46.1-839, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the weights of vehicles and loads. 3 9
[S 91]

Approved February 20, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.1-339, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended
and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.1-839. (a) The maximum gross weight and axle weight to be
permitted on the road surface of any highway shall be in accordance
with the provisions of this section. |

(b) For the purposes of this section an axle weight shall be defined
as the total weight transmitted to the road by all wheels whose centers
may be included between two parallel transverse vertical planes forty
inches apart, extending across the full width of the vehicle and all wheels
thereof that are equipped with brakes in conformity with §§ 46.1-277 to
46.1-280.

(c) The axle weight of any vehicle or combination shall not exceed
eighteen thousand pounds, nor shal] it exceed six hundred fifty pounds
per inch, width of tire, measured in contact with the surface of the
highway.

(d) No group of axles shall carry a weight in pounds in excess of
the value given in the following table corresponding to the distance in
feet between the extreme axles of the group, measured longitudinally to
the nearest foot nor shall any motor vehicle, or combination, exceed a gross
weight of * seventy thousand pounds:
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e) Provided, however, that motor vehicles which are registe
irginia Division of Motor Vehicles or State Corporation Cor
to July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six may be pern
e under (1) the preceding paragraphs of this section in co
vith or (2) under the provisions of the statutes of this State
nuary first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six but such operat
e permissible during the period in which the motor vehicle
erating condition. When such vehicle ceases to be oper
_ to operate under this provision shall terminate. All
‘ion of which is desired under the provisions of subsectio.
aragraph, shall be registered with the State Department :
and obtain a permit, without cost, so to do.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-329 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to height of vehicles and damages to overhead obstruction, and pro-
viding that failure to give notice of damage to an overhead bridge shall
be a misdemeanor.

[S 92]

Approved February 20, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.1-329 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 46.1-329. (a) No vehicle unladen or with load shall exceed a height
of * thirteen feet, six inches.

(b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require
either the public authorities or railroad companies to provide vertical
clearances of overhead bridges or structures in excess of twelve feet six
inches, or to make any changes in the vertical clearances of existing
overhead bridges or structures crossing streets or highways. The operator
or owner of vehicles operating * on streets or highways shall be held
financially responsible for any damage * to overhead bridges or structures
that results from collisions therewith.

(c) The operator or owner of any vehicle colliding with an overhead
bridge or structure shall notify immediately, either in person or by tele-
phone, the public authority, or railroad company, owning or maintaining
such overhead bridge or structure, or a police officer, of the fact of such
collision, and his name, address, operator’s or chauffeur’s license number,
and the registration number of his vehicle. Failure to give such notice
immediately, either in person or by telephone, shall constitute a mis-
demeanor.

(d) Onany highway on which there is an overhead bridge or structure
having a vertical clearance of less than thirteen feet six inches, the Com-
missioner of the Department of Highways shall cause to be erected no
less than two signs setting forth the height of the bridge or structure,
such signs to be located at least fifteen hundred feet ahead of said bridge
or structure.