{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-33.2-900","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 33.2-900","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\"Abandonment\" means that the public's right to use a public highway, public landing, or public crossing has been extinguished.\"Discontinuance\" means that the Board has determined that a highway, landing, or crossing no longer serves the public convenience warranting its maintenance at public expense; it divests the Department from maintenance responsibilities. Discontinuance does not render a highway, landing, or crossing unavailable for public use.2014, c. 805.","path":["Title 33.2. HIGHWAYS AND OTHER SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS","Subtitle II. MODES OF TRANSPORTATION: HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, FERRIES, RAIL, AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION","Chapter 9. ABANDONMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE OF HIGHWAYS AND ROADS","Article 1. ABANDONMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE OF HIGHWAYS IN PRIMARY STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/33.2-900/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:39Z","sha256":"eda7d6d2726e85bea31356e80cb27d29a86d72d879106689c13030399e3e2e8b","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-33.2-804","next":"us-va/va.-code-33.2-901"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}