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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 349 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 1993 \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 2011, chapter 129<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64745,"section_number":"33.2-908","catch_line":"Discontinuance of highway, landing, or railroad crossing; procedure","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-908\/"}],"permalink":{"id":206383,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71601,"identifier":"33.2-911","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/2\/33.2-911","url":"\/33.2-911\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-911\/","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/2\/33.2-911","dublin_core":{"Title":"Permissible uses by counties of certain discontinued secondary highways","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-911","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever a secondary highway<\/span> is discontinued under \u00a7 33.2-908<\/a>, the highway shall continue to be available for use by the public as a highway, unless it has been abandoned pursuant to this chapter or its use has been modified by an ordinance<\/span> adopted pursuant to this section. The governing body of the county may by ordinance<\/span> provide for use of a discontinued highway for any of the following purposes: (i) hiking or bicycle trails and paths or other nonvehicular transportation and recreation; (ii) greenway corridors for resource protection and biodiversity enhancement, with or without public ingress and egress; and (iii) access to historic, cultural, and educational sites.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERMISSIBLE USES BY COUNTIES OF CERTAIN DISCONTINUED SECONDARY HIGHWAYS (\u00a7\n33.2-911)\n\nWhenever a secondary highway is discontinued under \u00a7 33.2-908, the highway\nshall continue to be available for use by the public as a highway, unless it has\nbeen abandoned pursuant to this chapter or its use has been modified by an\nordinance adopted pursuant to this section. The governing body of the county may\nby ordinance provide for use of a discontinued highway for any of the following\npurposes: (i) hiking or bicycle trails and paths or other nonvehicular\ntransportation and recreation; (ii) greenway corridors for resource protection\nand biodiversity enhancement, with or without public ingress and egress; and\n(iii) access to historic, cultural, and educational sites.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 349, \u00a7 33.1-152.1; 2011, c. 129; 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}}