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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71601</law_id><section_number>33.2-911</section_number><catch_line>Permissible uses by counties of certain discontinued secondary highways</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="9">Abandonment and Discontinuance of Highways and Roads</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Abandonment and Discontinuance of Highways in Secondary State Highway System</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever a <span class="dictionary">secondary highway</span> is discontinued under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Discontinuance of highway, landing, or railroad crossing; procedure" href="/33.2-908/">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 <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> adopted pursuant to this section. The governing body of the county may by <span class="dictionary">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></text><history>1993, c. 349, &#xA7; 33.1-152.1; 2011, c. 129; 2014, c. 805.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
