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Such streets and highways shall not be considered as mileage for which the Board is required to make payment to such cities or towns by any other provision of law.\n\t\tNothing contained in this article shall relieve the cities or towns through which any portion of the Interstate System is projected from the responsibility for the preservation of public peace, prevention of crime, apprehension of criminals, protection of the rights of persons and property, and enforcement of the laws of the Commonwealth, and the regulations enacted pursuant thereto, nor shall anything contained herein be considered as a waiver by the Commonwealth of its immunity from liability for tort.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":214606,"text":"Whenever any portion of the Interstate System that is to be constructed within cities or towns is to occupy existing streets, the right-of-way in the street shall be occupied by the Interstate System free of cost to the Commonwealth.\n\t\tWhen the Interstate System extending into or through cities or towns has been constructed to the required standards, streets or highways occupied thereby shall cease to be maintained and controlled by the governing bodies of such cities or towns, and such cities and towns shall thereafter be relieved from all civil liability arising from the physical condition of such streets or highways. 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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":205757,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58558,"identifier":"33.2-303","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/1\/33.2-303","url":"\/33.2-303\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-303\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/1\/33.2-303","dublin_core":{"Title":"Portions of Interstate System within cities and towns","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-303","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever any portion of the Interstate System<\/span> that is to be constructed within cities or towns is to occupy existing streets, the right-of-way in the street shall be occupied by the Interstate System<\/span> free of cost to the Commonwealth.\n\t\tWhen the Interstate System<\/span> extending into or through cities or towns has been constructed to the required standards, streets or highways<\/span> occupied thereby shall cease to be maintained and controlled by the governing bodies of such cities or towns, and such cities and towns shall thereafter be relieved from all civil liability arising from the physical condition of such streets or highways<\/span>. Such streets and highways<\/span> shall not be considered as mileage for which the Board<\/span> is required to make payment to such cities or towns by any other provision of law<\/span>.\n\t\tNothing contained in this article shall relieve the cities or towns through which any portion of the Interstate System<\/span> is projected from the responsibility for the preservation of public peace, prevention of crime<\/span>, apprehension of criminals, protection of the rights of persons and property, and enforcement of the laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth, and the regulations enacted pursuant thereto, nor shall anything contained herein be considered as a waiver<\/span> by the Commonwealth of its immunity from liability for tort<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPORTIONS OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM WITHIN CITIES AND TOWNS (\u00a7 33.2-303)\n\nWhenever any portion of the Interstate System that is to be constructed within\ncities or towns is to occupy existing streets, the right-of-way in the street\nshall be occupied by the Interstate System free of cost to the Commonwealth.\n\t\tWhen the Interstate System extending into or through cities or towns has been\nconstructed to the required standards, streets or highways occupied thereby\nshall cease to be maintained and controlled by the governing bodies of such\ncities or towns, and such cities and towns shall thereafter be relieved from all\ncivil liability arising from the physical condition of such streets or highways.\nSuch streets and highways shall not be considered as mileage for which the Board\nis required to make payment to such cities or towns by any other provision of\nlaw.\n\t\tNothing contained in this article shall relieve the cities or towns through\nwhich any portion of the Interstate System is projected from the responsibility\nfor the preservation of public peace, prevention of crime, apprehension of\ncriminals, protection of the rights of persons and property, and enforcement of\nthe laws of the Commonwealth, and the regulations enacted pursuant thereto, nor\nshall anything contained herein be considered as a waiver by the Commonwealth of\nits immunity from liability for tort.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-36.5; 1958, c. 589; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-51; 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}}