Nelson v. County of Henrico

Opinion

MOON, J.

Robert Francis Nelson, Jr., seeks reversal of his speeding conviction upon the ground that Henrico County had no authority to reduce the fifty-five miles per hour speed limit to twenty-five miles per hour on a bridge after the county determined that an unsafe condition existed on the bridge. He claims that Code § 46.1-196 1 expressly mandated that only the Virginia Department of Transportation and Highways could reduce the speed limit on bridges. We disagree and affirm because Code § 46.1-180 2 allowed counties to regulate speeds upon highways which, by definition, include…