CHAPTER 59
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-880, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the length of vehicles and exceptions thereto
which can be operated on State highways. CH 23)

Approved February 28, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.1-330, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 46.1-330. Except for passenger buses, no motor vehicle exceed-
ing a length of thirty-five feet shall be operated upon a highway of this
State. No passenger bus exceeding a length of forty feet shall be oper-
ated upon a highway of this State. The actual length of any combina-
tion of vehicles coupled together including any load thereon shall not
exceed a total of fifty-five feet; and no tolerance shall be allowed thereon.
Provided, however, that the State Highway Commission when good cause
is shown, may issue a special permit for combinations in excess of fifty-
five feet including any load thereon where the object or objects to be
carried cannot be moved otherwise; and passenger buses in excess of
thirty-five feet, but not exceeding forty feet, may be operated on the
Seri of incorporated cities and towns when authorized pursuant to

1-180.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.