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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1952, chapter 124; in 1970, chapter 322; in 2011, chapters 36<\/a> and 152<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83395,"section_number":"33.2-907","catch_line":"Conveying sections of highways or other property no longer necessary","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-907\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":206361,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54195,"identifier":"33.2-906","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/1\/33.2-906","url":"\/33.2-906\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-906\/","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/1\/33.2-906","dublin_core":{"Title":"Alternative procedure for abandonment of old highway or railroad crossing to extent of alteration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-906","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner of Highways<\/span> may declare any highway<\/span> in the primary state highway<\/span> system or any highway<\/span> in the primary state highway<\/span> system containing a highway<\/span>-rail grade crossing abandoned when (i) it has been or is altered and a new highway<\/span> that serves the same users as the old highway<\/span> is constructed as a replacement and approved by the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> or (ii) the Chief Engineer of the Department<\/span> recommends that it is appropriate in connection with the completion of a construction or maintenance<\/span> project. The old highways or the crossing may be abandoned to the extent of such alteration, but no further, by the entry by the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> of such abandonment<\/span> upon the records of the Department<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE FOR ABANDONMENT OF OLD HIGHWAY OR RAILROAD CROSSING TO\nEXTENT OF ALTERATION (\u00a7 33.2-906)\n\nThe Commissioner of Highways may declare any highway in the primary state\nhighway system or any highway in the primary state highway system containing a\nhighway-rail grade crossing abandoned when (i) it has been or is altered and a\nnew highway that serves the same users as the old highway is constructed as a\nreplacement and approved by the Commissioner of Highways or (ii) the Chief\nEngineer of the Department recommends that it is appropriate in connection with\nthe completion of a construction or maintenance project. The old highways or the\ncrossing may be abandoned to the extent of such alteration, but no further, by\nthe entry by the Commissioner of Highways of such abandonment upon the records\nof the Department.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-76.5; 1950, p. 730; 1952, c. 124; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7\n33.1-148; 2011, cc. 36, 152; 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}}