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Meriden sits where I-91 and I-691 meet midway between Hartford and New Haven, so its drivers get cited on busy highways โ with tickets heard at Meriden Superior Court (GA7).
Meriden lies almost exactly halfway between New Haven and Hartford, a position that earned it the nickname “Crossroads of Connecticut” long before the highways arrived. The area began as a rural corner of Wallingford after a 1661 land grant, a stopping place for colonists traveling between the New Haven and Connecticut colonies, and grew slowly until it was recognized as the town of Meriden in 1806 and incorporated as a city in 1867. By then it was on its way to becoming one of the great manufacturing cities of the state.
Meriden made many things โ guns, cutlery, lamps, tinware, combs, and more โ but one product gave the city its name. Beginning with the Meriden Britannia Company in 1852 and culminating in the International Silver Company, founded here in 1898, Meriden became the center of American silver manufacturing. At the close of the nineteenth century, firms in and around the city turned out roughly seventy percent of all the silverware and silver-plated goods made in the United States, and “the Silver City” stuck as the city’s enduring nickname, drawing waves of immigrant workers to its factories.
Above the industrial city rise the Hanging Hills, the dramatic traprock ridges that frame Meriden to the west. There the silver magnate Walter Hubbard created Hubbard Park, laid out with the help of the Olmsted Brothers, and in 1900 dedicated Castle Craig, the stone tower that still crowns a peak with sweeping views across central Connecticut. The park and its hills remain the city’s signature landscape and the site of its annual daffodil celebration.
Meriden’s crossroads location makes it a hub of highways. Interstate 91 and Interstate 691 meet within the city, Route 5 runs through as a major surface artery, and the Wilbur Cross Parkway sweeps along the western edge below the Hanging Hills. These corridors carry heavy daily traffic and see constant enforcement, and citations are common along them. We follow these roads and the equipment used on them, which is generally where the violations described below begin.
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Jay built Mr. Speeding Ticket on the belief: that everyone deserves a champion in their corner. Despite all the lawyer jokes and everything you hear, he still believes in the justice system,
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Continuances buy time but don't resolve anything on their own, and in a busy court like Meriden's, repeatedly pushing a case off can simply stretch it out. It's usually better to have the ticket reviewed and a real strategy chosen.
Meriden cases are handled at Meriden Superior Court (GA7), the geographical-area courthouse located in the city, which also serves several neighboring towns.
For many traffic matters an attorney can appear at the GA7 courthouse on your behalf, so you may not need to attend yourself. We can review your ticket and explain what your appearance would involve.
Depending on the violation and your record, a conviction can add points to your Connecticut license and may affect your insurance. How serious that is depends on the specifics, which is why it helps to review the ticket before deciding how to handle it.
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