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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1970, chapter 322; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1433481,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360486,"identifier":"33.2-934","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/4\/33.2-934","url":"\/33.2-934\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-934\/","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/4\/33.2-934","dublin_core":{"Title":"New highway part of secondary state highway system; former highway to vest in city or town","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-934","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When the city or town has been notified by the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> of final approval of the construction of the highway<\/span>, such highway<\/span> shall immediately become a part of the secondary state highway<\/span> system, and the public shall be vested with the same rights of travel on such highway<\/span> as it possesses with respect to the other highways in the system. The part of the highway<\/span> that it is proposed to flood shall be deemed to be abandoned, and all public rights therein shall vest in the city or town.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNEW HIGHWAY PART OF SECONDARY STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM; FORMER HIGHWAY TO VEST IN\nCITY OR TOWN (\u00a7 33.2-934)\n\nWhen the city or town has been notified by the Commissioner of Highways of final\napproval of the construction of the highway, such highway shall immediately\nbecome a part of the secondary state highway system, and the public shall be\nvested with the same rights of travel on such highway as it possesses with\nrespect to the other highways in the system. The part of the highway that it is\nproposed to flood shall be deemed to be abandoned, and all public rights therein\nshall vest in the city or town.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-89; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-175; 2014, c. 805.","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"}}