650 Miles Up the East Coast to Boston
Durham to Boston is 650 miles on I-85 North to I-95 North. In a loaded truck governed at 55 mph, that's about 13 hours of driving. With mandatory rest stops, fuel, and weigh stations, it's a solid 2-day transit. The route runs through Richmond, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Connecticut before crossing into Massachusetts. We run this corridor constantly.
We've been making interstate moves since 1982, when we won our federal authority after taking on the ICC. That license covers all 48 contiguous states. The I-95 Northeast corridor is one of our most-traveled routes.
Navigating Boston on Delivery Day
Boston is a city that was laid out before trucks existed, and it shows. The streets in Beacon Hill follow old cow paths. Back Bay brownstones have front steps that go straight to the sidewalk and rear alleys that may or may not fit a truck. Cambridge walk-ups near Harvard and MIT have stairwells built in the 1800s. None of this is designed for a moving truck, but we've done it plenty of times.
Storrow Drive is the famous one. Low clearance bridges that shear the tops off moving trucks every September. We don't take Storrow. Our drivers know the alternate routes through the city, which is a detail that matters more than most people realize.
Street parking in Boston requires permits from the city for a moving truck. Beacon Hill, Back Bay, the South End, and Cambridge all have their own rules. We handle the permit process before the truck leaves Durham so there's a spot waiting when we arrive.
The academic neighborhoods around MIT, Harvard, and Northeastern have a mix of older apartment buildings and faculty housing. These areas are slammed during August and September move-in. Outside that window, access is much easier.
What You'll Pay and How It Works
Durham to Boston runs $4,000 to $9,000 for a 2-3 bedroom home. Volume matters, but building access at your Boston address matters just as much. A fourth-floor Beacon Hill walkup with no elevator requires more labor than a single-family home in Newton. We account for all of it in your quote.
Our one-touch containerized system works well on this route. Your belongings get loaded once in Durham, sealed in a container, and unloaded once in Boston. No warehouse stop in Baltimore. No switching trucks in New Jersey. Same container, same crew at each end.
Getting Your Move Booked
Call (919) 682-2300 or use the calculator below. We'll do a walkthrough of your Durham home and give you a firm price with exact dates. Two days of transit, and we tell you the specific day your stuff arrives.
We've been moving families since 1976. Over 20,000 of them. Our average crew member has been with us more than ten years. When your furniture needs to make it up a narrow Boston stairwell and around a tight landing without putting a scratch on the wall, experience is the difference.
Moving from Boston to Durham instead? See our Boston to Durham page.
