Skyway Moving & Storage are Pennsylvania to Florida movers, running roughly 1,060 miles from Philadelphia to Tampa and a similar distance from Pittsburgh on a different road. We handle household relocations and office moves on this corridor.
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What a Pennsylvania to Florida move involves when one company runs the whole corridor.
Your goods are loaded in Pennsylvania and unloaded in Florida by the same company. Nothing is transferred to a partner carrier at a terminal en route, which is where most long-haul delivery problems start.
A meaningful share of what we move on this corridor is not a household. Businesses relocating from the Philadelphia area into Tampa Bay have a different set of constraints: after-hours building access at both ends, IT equipment that needs its own handling, and a deadline where being a day late costs real money. We scope commercial moves separately from residential ones rather than treating them as a large house.
This is a genuine interstate move, so it runs under federal authority rather than Florida’s intrastate rules. We operate as USDOT 4219169 and MC 1766953. See our long distance moving service for the wider service.
Distance
About 1,050 to 1,100 miles
Route
I-95 south from Philadelphia, I-77 and I-75 from Pittsburgh
Transit
two to three days in transit
Origin
Pennsylvania
Destination
Tampa Bay and the rest of Florida
Classification
Interstate, USDOT 4219169 and MC 1766953
From Philadelphia the run is I-95 south, about 1,060 miles, through the densest stretch of interstate on the East Coast. From Pittsburgh it is a similar total distance but an entirely different road, down I-79 and I-77 to pick up I-75 through Georgia. We quote the two origins differently because the drive, the traffic and the timing are not the same job.
Typical market estimates for a full-service three-bedroom move from Pennsylvania to Florida run around $4,500 to $7,000. Philadelphia rowhouse addresses carry more labour than the mileage alone suggests, because of narrow streets, no driveway and permit parking. These are market ranges for planning, not a Skyway quote. We price your move on an actual inventory.
Weight and volume
Interstate moves are priced on what the load actually weighs, not on the square footage of the house.
Distance
Roughly 1,050 to 1,100 miles on this corridor, which sets the base before anything else is counted.
Access at both ends
Stairs, elevators, permits, long carries and whether a full-size truck can reach the door.
Packing
Whether you pack yourself or we pack for you, and how much of the load is fragile.
Specialty items
Pianos, safes, oversized glass and anything needing a crate or extra hands.
Timing and storage
Peak season dates, and whether there is a gap between your move-out and your Florida move-in.
Philadelphia and the rowhouse neighbourhoods
Narrow streets, no driveways and permit parking. Truck placement and a street permit are arranged before the day, not on it.
The Main Line
Ardmore through Villanova, with long private drives and mature tree cover that decides truck height.
Bucks, Montgomery and Delaware counties
Suburban access with driveways and normal loading. The most straightforward Pennsylvania origins.
Pittsburgh and the western suburbs
Routed down I-79 and I-77 rather than I-95. Hill streets and narrow access in the older neighbourhoods.
Lehigh Valley
Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, joining I-95 south of the city or running the I-81 line.
Harrisburg, Lancaster and central Pennsylvania
Straightforward highway access with the fewest scheduling constraints in the state.
Three stages, one carrier, from the Pennsylvania address to the Florida address.
Typical market estimates for a full-service three-bedroom move run around $4,500 to $7,000. A Philadelphia rowhouse with permit parking and no driveway sits at the higher end of that for the same volume as a suburban house.
Two to three days in transit from either Philadelphia or Pittsburgh, on top of the load and delivery days.
Yes, and we scope them separately from household moves. After-hours access at both ends, IT equipment handling and a hard deadline are the usual constraints, and none of them are solved by treating the job as a large house.
Yes. Pittsburgh routes down I-79 and I-77 to pick up I-75 rather than running I-95, so it is quoted as its own origin rather than lumped in with the east of the state.
Usually with a street permit, which we arrange in advance. Where the street will not take a full-size truck we shuttle with a smaller vehicle rather than carrying your furniture a block.
Yes. It crosses state lines, so federal interstate rules apply along with our interstate authority, USDOT 4219169 and MC 1766953.
Tell us what is moving and where it is going. We will scope the load and give you a figure before you commit.
