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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 422; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":370573,"section_number":"56-546","catch_line":"Local approvals","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-546\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":360385,"section_number":"33.2-400","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-400\/"},{"id":360389,"section_number":"33.2-404","catch_line":"Service roads parallel to limited access highways; standards for access, service, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-404\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1381315,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347657,"identifier":"15.2-2026","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/5\/15.2-2026","url":"\/15.2-2026\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2026\/","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/5\/15.2-2026","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limited access streets","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2026","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Localities shall have the same authority with respect to the planning, designation, acquisition, opening, construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, discontinuance and regulation of the use of limited access streets; the designation of existing streets as limited access streets, and the extinguishment of easements and rights in connection therewith; the regulation and restriction of access to such streets; the construction of service roads in connection therewith; and all other authority with respect to such streets and incidental thereto, as the Commonwealth Transportation Board has under the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-400<\/a> through 33.2-404<\/a>, or as the Board may be hereafter granted by amendment thereof or otherwise. “Limited access street” as used in this section means a street especially designed for through traffic over which abutters have no easement or right of light, air or access because their property abuts upon such limited access street.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITED ACCESS STREETS (\u00a7 15.2-2026)\n\nLocalities shall have the same authority with respect to the planning,\ndesignation, acquisition, opening, construction, reconstruction, improvement,\nmaintenance, discontinuance and regulation of the use of limited access streets;\nthe designation of existing streets as limited access streets, and the\nextinguishment of easements and rights in connection therewith; the regulation\nand restriction of access to such streets; the construction of service roads in\nconnection therewith; and all other authority with respect to such streets and\nincidental thereto, as the Commonwealth Transportation Board has under the\nprovisions of \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-400 through 33.2-404, or as the Board may be hereafter\ngranted by amendment thereof or otherwise. “Limited access street”\nas used in this section means a street especially designed for through traffic\nover which abutters have no easement or right of light, air or access because\ntheir property abuts upon such limited access street.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-7.1; 1952, c. 422; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-16; 1997, c.\n587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}