                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ABANDONMENT OF CERTAIN ROADS AND RAILROAD CROSSINGS BY GOVERNING BODY (§
33.2-915)

A. When a section of a road not in the secondary state highway system, or an
existing crossing by such road of the lines of a railroad company or a crossing
by the lines of a railroad company of such road, is deemed by the governing body
in which it is located to be no longer necessary for public use, the governing
body may abandon such section of the road or such crossing by proceeding as
prescribed in this article.

B. In considering the abandonment of any section of road under the provisions of
this section, due consideration shall be given to the historic value, if any, of
such road.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 33-76.14; 1950, p. 734; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-157; 1978,
c. 616; 1980, c. 39; 2014, c. 805.