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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82620</law_id><section_number>33.2-404</section_number><catch_line>Service roads parallel to limited access highways; standards for access, service, etc</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2026</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="33.2">Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Modes of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, and Public Transportation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Limited Access Highways, Scenic Highways and Virginia Byways, and Highways Over Dams</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may construct service roads parallel to a <span class="dictionary">limited access highway</span> in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to provide access at designated points for property owners abutting on the <span class="dictionary">limited access highway</span> and after the construction of such service roads shall maintain and regulate traffic over them.
		The construction or alteration of any access, feeder, or service road that is to serve properties isolated by construction of a <span class="dictionary">limited access highway</span> shall meet all minimum state standards or the standards of the cities or towns with a population of more than 3,500, or of counties that maintain their own road networks, as provided for by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, whichever is more strict.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 33-41; 1970, c. 322, &#xA7; 33.1-61; 2013, cc. 585, 646; 2014, c. 805.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
