                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM WITHIN CITIES AND TOWNS (§ 33.2-303)

Whenever any portion of the Interstate System that is to be constructed within
cities or towns is to occupy existing streets, the right-of-way in the street
shall be occupied by the Interstate System free of cost to the Commonwealth.
		When the Interstate System extending into or through cities or towns has been
constructed to the required standards, streets or highways occupied thereby
shall cease to be maintained and controlled by the governing bodies of such
cities or towns, and such cities and towns shall thereafter be relieved from all
civil liability arising from the physical condition of such streets or highways.
Such streets and highways shall not be considered as mileage for which the Board
is required to make payment to such cities or towns by any other provision of
law.
		Nothing contained in this article shall relieve the cities or towns through
which any portion of the Interstate System is projected from the responsibility
for the preservation of public peace, prevention of crime, apprehension of
criminals, protection of the rights of persons and property, and enforcement of
the laws of the Commonwealth, and the regulations enacted pursuant thereto, nor
shall anything contained herein be considered as a waiver by the Commonwealth of
its immunity from liability for tort.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 33-36.5; 1958, c. 589; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-51; 2014, c.
805.