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§ 33.2-239 — Providing highway detours

Virginia § 33.2-239
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 33.2HIGHWAYS AND OTHER SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Subtitle IGENERAL PROVISIONS AND TRANSPORTATION ENTITIES
Ch. 2TRANSPORTATION ENTITIES
Art. 3COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS

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Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-239 (2026).

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Whenever necessary, the Commissioner of Highways shall select, lay out, maintain, and keep in as good repair as possible suitable detours, by the most practical route, while the highways are being improved or constructed, and he shall place or cause to be placed explicit directions to the traveling public during repair of any such highway under process of construction.

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Legislative History

Code 1950, § 33-110; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-194; 2014, c. 805.

Nearby Sections

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§ 33.2-100
Definitions
§ 33.2-1000
Definitions
§ 33.2-1001
Power to acquire lands, etc.; conveyance to municipality after acquisition; property owners to be informed and briefed
§ 33.2-1002
Limitation on power of eminent domain
§ 33.2-1003
Additional power to acquire lands
§ 33.2-1004
Plans for acquisition of rights-of-way
§ 33.2-1005
Acquisition of real property that may be needed for transportation projects; sale of certain real property
§ 33.2-1006
Reconveyance where property deemed suitable for mass transit purposes
§ 33.2-1007
Authority to acquire entire tract of land, or parcel thereof, when only part to be utilized for highway purposes
§ 33.2-1008
Authority to acquire land to replace parkland; applicability
§ 33.2-1009
Acquisition of residue parcels declared to be in public interest
§ 33.2-101
Governor to waive certain state statutory mandates and regulations to expedite certain highway construction projects
§ 33.2-1010
Use and disposition of residue parcels of land
§ 33.2-1011
Right to enter on land to ascertain its suitability for highway and other transportation purposes; damage resulting from such entry
§ 33.2-1012
Limitations in Title 25.1 not applicable to Commissioner of Highways
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