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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 114<\/a> and 157<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":360273,"section_number":"33.2-319","catch_line":"Payments to cities and certain towns for maintenance of certain highways","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-319\/"},{"id":360345,"section_number":"33.2-366","catch_line":"Funds for counties that have withdrawn or elect to withdraw from the secondary state highway system","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-366\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1476529,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370332,"identifier":"56-355.2","token":"56\/13\/3\/56-355.2","url":"\/56-355.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-355.2\/","token":"56\/13\/3\/56-355.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-355.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

“Public road authority” as used in this chapter means any appropriate governing body which has responsibility for the construction and maintenance of public highways<\/span>.<\/p>

“Overpass<\/span>” as used in this chapter means a grade separation structure in which the public highway<\/span> passes above and across the railroad<\/span>.<\/p>

“Underpass<\/span>” as used in this chapter means the railroad<\/span> passes above and across the public highway<\/span>.<\/p>

“Highway<\/span>” as used in this chapter means any public highway<\/span>, road, or street maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation or for which maintenance payments are made pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-319<\/a> and 33.2-366<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 56-355.2)\n\n“Public road authority” as used in this chapter means any\nappropriate governing body which has responsibility for the construction and\nmaintenance of public highways.\n\n“Overpass” as used in this chapter means a grade separation\nstructure in which the public highway passes above and across the railroad.\n\n“Underpass” as used in this chapter means the railroad passes above\nand across the public highway.\n\n“Highway” as used in this chapter means any public highway, road, or\nstreet maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation or for which\nmaintenance payments are made pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-319 and 33.2-366.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, cc. 114, 157.","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"}}