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Important Offices DMV & Social Security Office

1. The Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) – Bridgeport, CT

95 Sylvan Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06608
Website: http://www.ct.gov/dmv/cwp/view.asp?a=808&q=244580

The Bridgeport DMV is open on the following time schedules:

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The fee for your license can vary from $66 to $77, depending on the number of years the license will be valid (five and one-half to seven years), which depends on your date of birth. Acceptable forms of payment are: cash, money orders, personal checks, and bank checks. The Bridgeport DMV gives oral tests in English only.

Driving Directions

  1. Start out going NORTHWEST on PARK AVE toward UNIVERSITY AVE. 0.5 miles
  2. Turn RIGHT onto PROSPECT ST. 0.2 miles
  3. Merge onto COLONEL HENRY MUCCI HWY / CT-25 N / CT-8 N via the ramp on the LEFT toward TRUMBULL / WATERBURY. 2.3 miles
  4. Take EXIT 5 toward US-1 / BOSTON AVE / NORTH AVE. 0.1 miles
  5. Keep RIGHT at the fork to go on CHOPSEY HILL RD. 0.2 miles
  6. Turn RIGHT onto RESERVOIR AVE. 0.1 miles
  7. Turn RIGHT onto SYLVAN AVE. <0.1 miles
  8. End at 95 Sylvan Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06606

Total Est. Time: 6 minutes Total Est. Distance: 3.72 miles


Bus Directions

Take one of these two buses that will pick you up on the UB campus.

Bus No. 8 - Bus Stop: Near Bodine Hall
or
Bus No. 6 - Bus Stop: In front of Mandeville Hall

Take bus to the Downtown Bridgeport Bus Terminal

At the terminal, go to Platform 'B' and get on Bus No. 9. This bus will stop at the DMV.

REMEMBER TO TAKE A TRANSFER TICKET FROM THE FIRST BUS YOU BOARD SO YOU CAN TAKE BUS No. 9 WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY AGAIN.

2. Social Security Administration: Bridgeport Office

3885 Main Street
Bridgeport, CT 06606
Tel: (203) 365-8452

Driving Directions

  1. Start out going NORTHWEST on PARK AVE toward UNIVERSITY AVE. 0.8 miles
  2. Turn RIGHT onto WASHINGTON AVE. 0.8 miles
  3. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto MAIN ST. 2.1 miles
  4. End at 3885 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06606

Total Est. Time: 9 minutes Total Est. Distance: 3.82 miles

Bus Directions

Take Bus No. 8
Bus stop: Near Bodine Hall

Get off at the Main Street bus stop and the Social Security Office is about one minute walk from there. Follow the numbers to 3885 Main Street – A large brown building, across the Subway.

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