                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TRANSFER OF HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND STREETS FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY STATE
HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§ 33.2-315)

A. The Board may transfer such highways, bridges, and streets as it deems proper
from the primary state highway system to the secondary state highway system or,
if requested by the local governing body, to the local system of roads operated
by a locality receiving payments pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-319 or 33.2-366. Upon
such transfer, the highways, bridges, and streets so transferred shall become
for all purposes parts of the secondary state highway system or the local system
of roads operated by a locality receiving payments pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-319
or 33.2-366. The total mileage of such highways, bridges, and streets so
transferred by the Board shall not exceed 150 miles during any one year.

B. When the Chief Engineer of the Department recommends that it is appropriate
in connection with the completion of a construction or maintenance project to
transfer highways, bridges, and streets from the primary state highway system to
the secondary state highway system, the Commissioner of Highways may transfer
such highways, bridges, and streets as he deems proper. Upon such transfer, the
highways, bridges, and streets so transferred shall become for all purposes
parts of the secondary state highway system and cease being parts of the primary
state highway system.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 33-27; 1956, c. 39; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-35; 2009, c.
476; 2011, cc. 36, 152; 2014, c. 805.