Washington to Pennsylvania Freight shipping and trucking services are in high demand; Seattle to Pittsburgh is a very heavily traveled route.
The Seattle, WA to Pittsburgh, PA shipping lane is a 2,523 mile haul that takes more than 37 hours of driving to complete. Shipping from Washington to Pennsylvania ranges from a minimum of 2,231 miles and a minimum of 33hours from Spokane, WA to Erie, PA, to over 2,903 miles and a minimum of 44 hours on the road from Bellingham, WA to Philadelphia, PA. The shortest route from Washington to Pennsylvania is along the I-94 E corridor; however there is a more southerly route that uses the I-80 E, traveling through Kansas City, MO and Indianapolis, IN.
Washington Freight Shipping Quotes & Trucking Rates
Washington State’s nickname, “The Evergreen State,” doesn’t do justice to the vast geography of this Pacific Northwestern state. Although lush rainforests do flourish in the central part of the state, glaciers, islands and fjords are part of the state’s Pacific Coast landscape, while the Cascade Mountain range is found in the drier, eastern area. Likewise, the rain that the Washington’s most populous city, Seattle, is known for is not typical of the whole state. A dry, semi-arid climate is found in the east, while the mountains are known for deep snows in the winter that make snow chains a November to April requirement for trucking and freight services operating in Washington State. Washington freight and shipping is concentrated in Seattle and along the coast, and Spokane is a smaller center for Washington freight and trucking.
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Pennsylvania Freight Shipping Quotes and Trucking Rates
Straddling three regions of the country—east coast, midwest and south—Pennsylvania borders New York and New Jersey to the north and east, Ohio and Lake Erie to the west and Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia to the south. Philadelphia is Pennsylvania’s largest city and Pittsburgh is a distant second; both cities are known as twentieth century industrial powerhouses and are charging into the twenty-first century with knowledge and service-based economies.
In addition to Lake Erie, the Delaware Estuary and Delaware River are important bodies of water in Pennsylvania. From the Appalachian Mountains to the Allegheny Plateau, Ridge and Valley to the Atlantic Coastal Plain through Piedmont and the Erie Plain, Pennsylvania has a varied landscape that supports farming, manufacturing, development and tourism.
Washington to Pennsylvania Freight shipping quotes and trucking rates vary at times due to the individual states industry needs. Since Washington is mainly agricultural, with many food processing and distribution centers, and Pennsylvania is mainly industrial, we see plenty of shipments by refrigerated trailer. We also see a number of flatbed shipments as well as by the more common dry van trucks. Our Less Than Truckload (LTL) carriers in both Washington and Pennsylvania are also running a number of regular services between the two states, and it’s an active route for heavy haul freight shipments, as well.
