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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 93 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. Unfortunately, the 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1992, chapter 836; in 2013, chapters 585<\/a> and 646<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":191441,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78827,"identifier":"28.2-555","token":"28.2\/II\/5\/4\/28.2-555","url":"\/28.2-555\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-555\/","token":"28.2\/II\/5\/4\/28.2-555","dublin_core":{"Title":"Crossings of Baylor survey","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-555","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department of Transportation may maintain, repair, reconstruct, or replace any existing crossings of the Baylor survey. Such authorization is granted for any Baylor survey crossing determined by the Commonwealth Transportation Board to be necessary across the Hampton Roads from Newport News to Portsmouth, across the Elizabeth River at Norfolk, and construction parallel to an existing crossing of the James River from Newport News to Isle of Wight County.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCROSSINGS OF BAYLOR SURVEY (\u00a7 28.2-555)\n\nThe Department of Transportation may maintain, repair, reconstruct, or replace\nany existing crossings of the Baylor survey. Such authorization is granted for\nany Baylor survey crossing determined by the Commonwealth Transportation Board\nto be necessary across the Hampton Roads from Newport News to Portsmouth, across\nthe Elizabeth River at Norfolk, and construction parallel to an existing\ncrossing of the James River from Newport News to Isle of Wight County.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 93, \u00a7 28.1-101.2; 1992, c. 836; 2013, cc. 585, 646.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}