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carriers to exceed the usual maximum weight limit of 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weight for traetor-trailers. The temporary limit is now 90,000 pounds gvw, according to a highway department spokesman. Smaller carriers will also be allowed to carry heavier than normal loads.
VDOT spokesman Larry Dodd explained that the exemption was granted after a request by the State of Maryland, which has a ^eating cri"SiS'fcven worse than Virginia’s. The state has been forced to go a,s fair j|s, the Gulf States for emergency supplies of heating fuels, and the
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