                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD MAY PROHIBIT CERTAIN USES OF CONTROLLED ACCESS
HIGHWAYS; PENALTY (§ 46.2-808)

A. The Commonwealth Transportation Board may, when necessary to promote safety,
prohibit the use of controlled access highways or any part thereof by any or all
of the following:

   1. Pedestrians,

   2. Persons riding bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, electric
   personal assistive mobility devices, or mopeds,

   3. Animal-drawn vehicles,

   4. Self-propelled machinery or equipment, and

   5. Animals led, ridden or driven on the hoof.

B. The termini of any section of controlled access highways, use of which is
restricted under the provisions of this section, shall be clearly indicated by a
conspicuous marker.

C. This section shall not apply to any vehicle or equipment owned or controlled
by the Virginia Department of Transportation, while actually engaged in the
construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of highways or to any vehicle or
equipment for which a permit has been obtained for operation on such highway.
			Any person violating a restriction or prohibition imposed pursuant to this
section shall be guilty of a traffic infraction.

HISTORY: 1964, c. 239, § 46.1-171.1; 1966, c. 365; 1981, c. 585; 1983, c. 262;
1989, c. 727; 1991, c. 55; 2004, cc. 947, 973; 2006, cc. 529, 538; 2007, cc.
209, 366.