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Virginia RV length limits

Virginia's limits for motorhomes, trailers, triple towing and height, quoted from its own law. Enter your rig to check it.

The law in Virginia

Motorhome: 45 ft
"No bus or motor home longer than 45 feet shall be operated on any highway in the Commonwealth."
Overall combination: 65 ft
"The actual length of any combination of vehicles, including motor homes and buses, coupled together including any load thereon shall not exceed a total of 65 feet."
Triple towing: Not allowed
"Except as provided in this section and § 46.2-1117, no motor vehicle shall be driven on a highway while drawing or having attached thereto more than one motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer unless such vehicle is being operated under a special permit from the Commissioner of Highways."
Height: 13 ft 6 in
"No loaded or unloaded vehicle shall exceed a height of 13 feet, six inches."
Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)
"A. No vehicle, including any load thereon, but excluding the mirror required by § 46.2-1082 and any warning device installed on a school bus pursuant to § 46.2-1090, shall exceed a total outside width of 102 inches."

Code of Virginia § 46.2-1112, Length of vehicles, generally, checked November 2026.

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WithinYours 52 ft · limit 65 ft
"The actual length of any combination of vehicles, including motor homes and buses, coupled together including any load thereon shall not exceed a total of 65 feet."

Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)

"A. No vehicle, including any load thereon, but excluding the mirror required by § 46.2-1082 and any warning device installed on a school bus pursuant to § 46.2-1090, shall exceed a total outside width of 102 inches."

"B. Notwithstanding subsection A, a travel trailer as defined in § 46.2-1500 or a motor home may exceed 102 inches if such excess width is attributable to an appurtenance that extends no more than six inches beyond the body of the vehicle. For the purposes of this subsection, "appurtenance" includes (i) an awning and its support hardware and (ii) any appendage that is installed by the manufacturer or dealer intended to be an integral part of a motor home or travel trailer, but does not include any item that is temporarily attached to the exterior of the vehicle by the vehicle's owner for the purposes of transporting the item from one location to another."

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Common questions

RV length and towing questions

45 ft. Virginia's law says: "No bus or motor home longer than 45 feet shall be operated on any highway in the Commonwealth."

65 ft overall. Virginia's law says: "The actual length of any combination of vehicles, including motor homes and buses, coupled together including any load thereon shall not exceed a total of 65 feet."

Not allowed. Virginia's law says: "Except as provided in this section and § 46.2-1117, no motor vehicle shall be driven on a highway while drawing or having attached thereto more than one motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer unless such vehicle is being operated under a special permit from the Commissioner of Highways."

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