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Connecticut 
{State Bird, American Robin} {State Flower, Mountain Laurel} {State Tree, White Oak}
Economy:
Transportation equipment, submarine manufacturing, jet engines, electrical,
munitions,
medical instruments, phamaceuticals, insurance.
Connecticut
is well connected with major roads : I-95 is the main interstate, running
from New York to 
Rhode
Island along the shore of the Long Island Sound. I-91 travels north from
I-95 at New Haven, weaving its way along the Connecticut River to Vermont.
However, in Connecticut, as with the other New England states, it's a shame
to miss out on the quiet countryside scenery along the side roads, so it's
worth getting off the interstates if you have the time. While the back
roads can be poorly labeled, the distances involved are so small that you're
not likely to run into major problems if you get lost.
trains
carry passengers between New Haven and New York City, with connecting services
to numerous other towns; Amtrak's line runs between New York City and Boston
with various stops along the shore and a connection to Hartford.
The much-visited southeastern coast of Connecticut spans fifteen miles from Stonington in the east to Niantic in the west, bisected by the Thames (pronounced Thaymz ) River. Each of the handful of tiny, picturesque colonial communities and old whaling villages along the Long Island Sound is a mere stone's throw from the next. No longer are they the iniquitous and rumbustious ports that so inspired Melville, but they're still keen to preserve a sense of their history. The restored nineteenth-century Mystic Seaport justifies at least a day's visit; nearby are the less lovely US Naval submarine base at Groton and the pretty fishing harbor of Stonington Borough .
