Front Plate Required: Yes
Area Codes: 203, 475, 860, 959
License Plates:
Windshield Stickers:
Road and Highway Signs:
County Roads:
Highways:
Highway Adoption:
Historical:
Connecticut stopped requiring vehicle registration stickers in 2010, but license plates are required on both front and back, and they all have a distinct blue pattern. The two primary area codes are 203 for the southwestern quarter and 860 for the rest of the state.
Blue license plates
203 Area Code
860 Area Code
Bridges over water are marked with a long number, usually in white on a green plate. The name of the waterway is usually on a nearby green sign. Bridges with concrete barriers commonly have a year stenciled into one end.
Green number and waterway name
Year stenciled into barrier
Outside of the bigger cities, architecture is very similar to other New England states. Connecticut's style is characterized by wood siding and two to three stories, each with balconies running for most of the width.
Wood siding and porch awning
Vertical stacks and balconies
Interstates are marked with white diamond bollards, but they are often rotated and appear as squares. Mile markers on I-395 have a directional letter.
White diamond bollard
White diamond bollard (rotated)
I-395, direction on mile marker
Blue and white plates can be difficult to identify.
Several states use a square symbol for their state highways with varying thickness of the black border.
Mississippi also marks bridges with white numbers on green plates.
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Vermont also puts green diamond bollards at the end of rails.
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