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The Board may vacate, close, or change the location of any highway or street in the manner in which it is now authorized by law to vacate, close, or change the location of a highway in the primary state highway system. The Board has any and all other authority and power relative to the Interstate System as is vested in it relative to highways in the primary state highway system, including the right to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, grant, or dedication title to lands or rights-of-way for such interstate highways whether within or without the limits of any city or town, and in addition thereto has such other power, control, and jurisdiction necessary to comply with the provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 and all acts amendatory or supplementary thereto, all other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":272178,"text":"The Board may plan, designate, acquire, open, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, discontinue, abandon, and regulate the use of the Interstate System in the same manner in which it is now or may be authorized to plan, designate, acquire, open, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, discontinue, abandon, and regulate the use of the primary state highway system. 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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 1958, chapter 589; in 1970, chapter 322; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68788,"section_number":"33.2-306","catch_line":"Applicability of \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-300 through 33.2-305 to toll projects","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-306\/"},{"id":84246,"section_number":"46.2-1149.2","catch_line":"Permit authorizing transportation of tree-length logs","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1149.2\/"},{"id":83836,"section_number":"46.2-815","catch_line":"Hauling certain cargoes through tunnels in violation of posted signs; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-815\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":205745,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75798,"identifier":"33.2-300","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/1\/33.2-300","url":"\/33.2-300\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-300\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/1\/33.2-300","dublin_core":{"Title":"Power and authority of Commonwealth Transportation Board relating to the Interstate System, generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-300","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> may plan, designate, acquire, open, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, discontinue, abandon, and regulate the use of the Interstate System<\/span> in the same manner in which it is now or may be authorized to plan, designate, acquire, open, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, discontinue, abandon, and regulate the use of the primary state highway<\/span> system. The Board<\/span> may vacate, close, or change the location of any highway<\/span> or street in the manner in which it is now authorized by law<\/span> to vacate, close, or change the location of a highway<\/span> in the primary state highway<\/span> system. The Board<\/span> has any and all other authority and power relative to the Interstate System<\/span> as is vested in it relative to highways in the primary state highway<\/span> system, including the right to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, grant, or dedication title to lands or rights-of-way for such interstate highways<\/span> whether within or without the limits of any city or town, and in addition thereto has such other power, control, and jurisdiction<\/span> necessary to comply with the provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway<\/span> Act of 1956 and all acts amendatory or supplementary thereto, all other provisions of law<\/span> to the contrary notwithstanding.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWER AND AUTHORITY OF COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD RELATING TO THE\nINTERSTATE SYSTEM, GENERALLY (\u00a7 33.2-300)\n\nThe Board may plan, designate, acquire, open, construct, reconstruct, improve,\nmaintain, discontinue, abandon, and regulate the use of the Interstate System in\nthe same manner in which it is now or may be authorized to plan, designate,\nacquire, open, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, discontinue, abandon,\nand regulate the use of the primary state highway system. The Board may vacate,\nclose, or change the location of any highway or street in the manner in which it\nis now authorized by law to vacate, close, or change the location of a highway\nin the primary state highway system. The Board has any and all other authority\nand power relative to the Interstate System as is vested in it relative to\nhighways in the primary state highway system, including the right to acquire by\npurchase, eminent domain, grant, or dedication title to lands or rights-of-way\nfor such interstate highways whether within or without the limits of any city or\ntown, and in addition thereto has such other power, control, and jurisdiction\nnecessary to comply with the provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956\nand all acts amendatory or supplementary thereto, all other provisions of law to\nthe contrary notwithstanding.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-36.2; 1958, c. 589; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-49; 2014, c.\n805.","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}}