2014 Virginia Code
Title 33.1 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
§ 33.1-152.1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Permissible uses by counties of certain discontinued secondary system highways


VA Code § 33.1-152.1 (2014) What's This?

Whenever a secondary system highway is discontinued under ยง 33.1-150, the highway shall continue to be available for use by the public as a road, unless it has been abandoned pursuant to this title or its use has been modified by an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section. The county governing body may by ordinance 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 purposes; (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.

1993, c. 349; 2011, c. 129.

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