Vermont
Base Info

Front Plate Required: Yes

Area Codes: 802

License Plates:

1985 - Present
Car

Windshield Stickers:

Road and Highway Signs:

County Roads:

None

Highways:

Highway Adoption:

None

Historical:

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

Vermont has a distinct solid green license plate required both front and back, and uses the state-wide area code 802. There is a state required windshield sticker, but the license plate is much easier to see.

Green license plate

802 Area Code

Yellow windshield sticker

Vermont puts large white stickers behind official signs and green markers on bridges that includes the road name. green markers on signposts with three rows of numbers, though New York uses a similar marker.

Large white stickers behind signs

Bridge marker

Green sign markers

Vermont's state route sign is stylized green, but a few signs show the symbol in black. State routes maintained by local towns will have a letter appended to the number, and roads built to connect towns have names starting with "TR". Both are specific to the state.

State highway sign

Black state highway sign

Township Route

Vermont highways use diamond bollards, and guardrails are marked with a blue diamond at the start and green diamond at the end Intermediate mile markers show the mile on top and the decimal beneath, and are unique to Vermont.

Yellow diamond bollard

Blue diamond bollard at guardrail start

Green diamond bollard at guardrail end

Intermediate mile marker

Interstate highways have relatively large mile markers compared to nearby states. Many speed limit signs include a "MINIMUM 40" sign beneath, but as of 2024, this sign is being phased out. Crossovers are marked by double yellow diamond bollards.

Interstate mile marker

"Minimum 40" sign

Yellow diamond bollards at crossover

Similarities

Vermont and New York both use green square plates with white numbers.

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Connecticut also puts green diamond bollards at the end of rails.

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