Disposition of right of way abandoned by private turnpike companies.

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• Creators:
  Kelly, Veronica M
• Corporate Creators:
  Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Toll roads--Law and legislation--Virginia
  • Toll roads--Finance--Virginia
  • Roads--Right of way--Virginia
• Publication/ Report Number:
  VTRC 88-R13
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Virginia
• Corporate Publisher:
  Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC)
• Description:
  From the late 1700s through the early 1900s Virginia chartered hundreds of joint stock companies to build turnpike roads throughout the Commonwealth. Some of these roads were well travelled and well maintained. Many are still in use today and are part of the State highway system. However, a substantial number of these turnpike roads were abandoned by the chartered companies, thus prompting the enactment of legislation in the mid-1800s to deal with the problem. The difficult questions of ownership involve these abandoned turnpikes which fell into non-use. This report tracks the statutory scheme from incorporation to abandonment, describes the property rights involved in assessing ownership, and examines relevant Virginia case law.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/19183/dot_19183_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.46 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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