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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 571; in 1970, chapter 322; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":206059,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82635,"identifier":"33.2-402","token":"33.2\/II\/4\/33.2-402","url":"\/33.2-402\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-402\/","token":"33.2\/II\/4\/33.2-402","dublin_core":{"Title":"Designating existing highway as limited access highway; extinguishing easements of access","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-402","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> may designate all or any part of an existing highway as a limited access highway<\/span>. When an existing highway is so designated, the Board<\/span> shall where necessary extinguish all existing easements of access, light, or air.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDESIGNATING EXISTING HIGHWAY AS LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY; EXTINGUISHING EASEMENTS\nOF ACCESS (\u00a7 33.2-402)\n\nThe Board may designate all or any part of an existing highway as a limited\naccess highway. When an existing highway is so designated, the Board shall where\nnecessary extinguish all existing easements of access, light, or air.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-39; 1950, p. 476; 1958, c. 571; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7\n33.1-59; 2014, c. 805.","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}}