Maine
Base Info

Front Plate Required: Yes

Area Codes: 207

License Plates:

1999 - Present
Car

Windshield Stickers:

Road and Highway Signs:

County Roads:

None

Highways:

Highway Adoption:

None

Historical:

None

City Symbols:
None
Transit
Buses
None
Bus Stop Signs
None
Bike Sharing
None
Tolley / Streetcars
None
Identification

Maine's standard license plate looks a pale green. It can easily be distinguished from the striking green Vermont plate, but not as easily from New Hampshire's standard plate. Vehicles in Maine also require a registration sticker, which looks like a rectangle with a small chunk removed from one side.

Maine license plate

Maine registration sticker

New Hampshire license plate & sticker

Maine uses the state-wide area code 207, and uses a unique town line sign and green bridge marker.

207 Area Code

Town Line sign

Bridge marker

Horizontal wood siding architecture is common, as are brown, rusting sign posts and yellow paint marking drainage. Local attraction signs tend to be blue, and many intersection islands are painted green.

Horizontal wood siding architecture

Brown rusty signpost

Yellow drain mark

Blue local directional sign

Green intersection island

Snowmobile Access Routes and Maritime Energy are both unique to the state, but also relatively rare.

Snowmobile Access Routes

Maritime Energy

Interstates

Interstates and highways in Maine have a red bollard at the start of guardrails and a green bollard at the end. Emergency Routes are unique to Maine, and state law signs are red instead of the standard yellow.

Red bollard at guardrail start

Green bollard at guardrail end

Lettered Emergency Routes

Red state law signs

Several states use a square for symbol state highways.

Massachusetts also uses the yellow diamond with yellow reflectors.

New Hampshire uses the same color scheme for guardrail start and end bollards.

Red bollard at guardrail start

Red bollards at guardrail start

Green bollard at guardrail end

Green bollards at guardrail end

External Links & Credits

Guide to Maine vs. Massachusetts Signage by I Necessitate A Visage.

Thanks to I Necessitate A Visage for finding Maritime Energy.