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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1996, chapters 114<\/a> and 157<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77234,"section_number":"56-17","catch_line":" Right of one public service corporation to cross the works of another; cost","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-17\/"},{"id":75729,"section_number":"56-32","catch_line":"Limitation on crossing rights if altering, closing or obstructing highway or stream involved","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-32\/"},{"id":82890,"section_number":"56-363","catch_line":"Crossing of a railroad or public highway by another railroad; crossing of a railroad by a public highway","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-363\/"}],"permalink":{"id":249539,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55941,"identifier":"56-362","token":"56\/13\/3\/56-362","url":"\/56-362\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-362\/","token":"56\/13\/3\/56-362","dublin_core":{"Title":"Right of railroad to cross watercourse, intervening railroad, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-362","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any railroad<\/span> corporation<\/span> created or doing business under the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth, which shall have fully located the route of its railway, may, in the construction of such railway on such route, cross any canal, navigable stream, or watercourse between its termini, but in such manner as not unreasonably to impede the navigation and use thereof; and may also cross any railway or railroad<\/span> intervening, in the manner and upon the terms prescribed by \u00a7\u00a7 56-17<\/a> to 56-32<\/a>, and 56-363<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHT OF RAILROAD TO CROSS WATERCOURSE, INTERVENING RAILROAD, ETC (\u00a7 56-362)\n\nAny railroad corporation created or doing business under the laws of this\nCommonwealth, which shall have fully located the route of its railway, may, in\nthe construction of such railway on such route, cross any canal, navigable\nstream, or watercourse between its termini, but in such manner as not\nunreasonably to impede the navigation and use thereof; and may also cross any\nrailway or railroad intervening, in the manner and upon the terms prescribed by\n\u00a7\u00a7 56-17 to 56-32, and 56-363.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3999; 1996, cc. 114, 157.","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}}