Long-haul route · Atlanta → Dallas, Texas
Atlanta to Dallas Movers, 780 Miles West on I-20
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Dallas sits about 780 road miles west of downtown Atlanta, nearly all of it on I-20 past Birmingham and through Jackson and Shreveport, so LIOO Moving prices the move per shipment on weight and distance and fixes it in a binding estimate after a survey.
Dallas lies about 780 road miles west of downtown Atlanta, with I-20 carrying roughly 720 of them. LIOO Moving prices this route by the weight of the shipment and the mileage rather than by the hour, and sets the figure in a binding written estimate once the household has been surveyed.
The road from Atlanta to Dallas, state by state
Leaving downtown Atlanta, the truck holds I-20 all the way to Terrell, Texas, and leaves it only for a 28-mile I-459 loop around the south side of Birmingham.
By state the drive breaks into about 57 miles in Georgia, 213 in Alabama, 154 in Mississippi, 189 in Louisiana and 167 in Texas. West of Birmingham, I-20 and I-59 share one highway through Tuscaloosa to Meridian; in Jackson, I-20 runs together with I-55 for 1.6 miles; and at Vicksburg the road crosses the Mississippi River into Madison Parish, Louisiana. Past Monroe, Ruston, Bossier City and Shreveport it enters Texas at Waskom, and at Terrell the truck takes Spur 557 to US 80, which carries it through Forney and Mesquite to I-30 and downtown Dallas.
The Atlanta–Dallas Route & Curb Sheet
The Atlanta–Dallas Route & Curb Sheet sets out the five things on this route that change a delivery plan, from the clock change in Alabama to the curb at the far end.
| Point on the route | Location | Type | What it changes | Plan note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Georgia–Alabama line | About 57 miles west of Five Points on I-20, between Tallapoosa, Georgia, and Heflin, Alabama | Clocks back 1 hour | The Eastern–Central time boundary runs along this state line, so the clock goes back an hour and the arrival window you are given for Dallas is stated in Central time. | Times in Central |
| I-20 across four states | About 57 miles in Georgia, 213 in Alabama, 154 in Mississippi, 189 in Louisiana and 167 in Texas | 780 road miles | Distance is one of the two figures the price rests on, so the estimate measures the road miles from your Atlanta address to your Dallas-area address; the 780 on this sheet runs from Five Points to Dallas City Hall. | Miles on the estimate |
| Terrell to downtown Dallas | Spur 557 at Terrell, US 80 through Forney and Mesquite, then I-30 west | Last 30 miles | The truck leaves I-20 at Terrell, crosses into Dallas County about 762 miles from Five Points and reaches the Dallas city line about 9 miles later; an address north or west of downtown adds its own miles to the distance. | Address sets the end |
| Dallas residential streets | Any block face with a house, duplex or apartment building, under Dallas City Code §28-81 | Truck over 1.5 tons | The code lets a truck rated over one and a half tons stop or stand on a residential block only while it is loading or unloading promptly, so the truck pulls up only once the unload can start and does not wait at the curb overnight. | Arrive to unload |
| Dallas apartments and towers | Renters hold 57.6% of the city’s occupied homes, and 27.8% of its housing units sit in buildings of 20+ units (ACS 2020–2024) | Building rules | Who books the freight elevator or loading dock depends on the building, so the survey records each building’s rules, and the insurance certificate a building asks for goes out the same day its requirements reach LIOO Moving. | Building plan first |
| Built from the FHWA Route Log, TxDOT, Census TIGERweb boundaries, the American Community Survey 2020–2024, Dallas City Code §28-81 and the U.S. time-zone boundary rule; road distances are LIOO’s own route measurement. | ||||
Where in the Dallas area the truck delivers
Any address inside the city of Dallas is an endpoint for this route, and suburbs north and west of downtown are reached on it with their extra miles measured to the door.
| Address group | Location and county | Route status | Mileage treatment | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Dallas | 339.6 square miles of land, the bulk of it in Dallas County, with parts in Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall counties | On the route | US 80 crosses the city line about 11 miles before Dallas City Hall, I-30 carries the last 7 of them, and any address inside the city is planned on this page. | This page |
| Forney and Mesquite | On US 80, the last stretch before the Dallas city line; Forney is in Kaufman County, Mesquite mostly in Dallas County | On the route | Both sit on the approach into the city, so their addresses come before downtown on the mileage. | This page |
| Plano, Frisco and McKinney | North of Dallas in Collin County; Frisco also reaches into Denton County | Priced by address | The miles past downtown are measured to the door and added to the distance, by the same weight-and-mileage rule as the rest of the trip. | Survey first |
| Irving, Grand Prairie and Fort Worth | West of Dallas: Irving in Dallas County, Grand Prairie across Dallas, Tarrant and Ellis counties, Fort Worth mostly in Tarrant County | Priced by address | The extra miles west are measured to the door and priced like the rest of the route, by weight and distance. | Survey first |
| County shares from Census TIGERweb place and county boundaries. | ||||
Two buildings, two plans: Atlanta load, Dallas delivery
Each move on this route gets two access plans, one written for the load in metro Atlanta and one for the delivery in the Dallas area.
In Atlanta, the building manager tells us the elevator or dock window and the insurance paperwork it needs before load day. LIOO arranges the reservation with management if the building allows it; if the resident must book it, we say so at booking and plan the crew around the window you secure.
In Dallas the same two questions go to the destination building, and a little over a quarter of the city’s housing units are in buildings of 20 or more units. On a street of houses the city’s curb rule decides the timing instead, so the truck arrives for the unload and the survey notes where it can stand.
How the Dallas estimate gets its number
The estimate for an Atlanta to Dallas move starts with your inventory, because the price rests on two figures and the shipment’s weight is the one the inventory supplies.
Choose how to give it: send us what each room holds, walk us through the home on a video call, or book an in-person inventory at the Atlanta address. What comes back is a written, binding estimate showing the shipment weight or cubic feet, the measured miles to the Dallas-area door, any packing, access notes for both buildings and the included released valuation, with the binding figure at the bottom as the price.
How long an Atlanta to Dallas move takes
An Atlanta to Dallas move covers more road than one working day holds: at an average of 55 mph, 780 miles is about 14 hours behind the wheel before any stop.
The delivery date or window is therefore written into the estimate rather than stated on this page, and it is given in Central time, one hour behind Atlanta. Once the household is in, Texas starts its own clock: a new resident has 30 days to register a car, and Dallas County and the four other counties the city reaches into all require a passing emissions inspection first, with registration at the county tax assessor-collector’s office.
Atlanta to Dallas moving costs
The Atlanta to Dallas route has no hourly rate card and no published price: long-haul moves are priced per shipment.
A long-haul move is priced on the shipment’s weight and the distance, adjusted for access, the date and packing, and the price is set in a binding estimate after a survey. The deposit and balance terms for a long-distance move are stated in your written estimate before you book.
Released value is $0.60 per pound per item, up to $2,000 per move. Damage claims are reported within two calendar days of the move.
Pianos (uprights only), gun safes and any single item over 300 pounds carry a $100 specialty-item fee each. Nothing over 400 pounds is lifted, grand pianos are not moved, and an item over 300 pounds is not carried up or down a full flight of stairs, with a five-step maximum.
Atlanta-side services for a Dallas move
Packing, whole-house loading and apartment or high-rise loads are the LIOO services that fit this move, all priced on the one written estimate.
Packing before the long haul
Each packed room shows up as its own estimate line, and the cartons weigh in with the rest of the shipment.
Houses across metro Atlanta
Every room is counted at the survey, so the Dallas estimate carries the real weight of the load.
Apartment and high-rise loads
Leaving an Atlanta apartment or tower can mean an elevator or dock booking and a certificate of insurance, both settled before the load day.
More long-haul routes out of Atlanta
These four routes also leave Atlanta on the same weight-and-mileage pricing, three of them to other states.
- About 794 road miles by I-85, I-65, I-10 and I-12
- 248 road miles, I-75 then I-24
- 243 road miles on I-85
- 148 road miles east on I-20
Dallas move questions from Atlanta households
How far is Dallas from Atlanta by road, and which highways does the truck use?
About 780 miles by road, measured from Five Points to Dallas City Hall. I-20 carries roughly 720 of them, west through Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, with an I-459 loop around Birmingham and a shared I-20 and I-59 stretch to Meridian. At Terrell the truck turns onto Spur 557 and finishes on US 80 and I-30 into downtown Dallas.
Will our Dallas delivery window be in Central time?
Yes. The Eastern–Central time boundary follows the Georgia–Alabama state line, so the clock drops back one hour about 57 miles into the drive. Any arrival time you are given for the new address, including the window written into the estimate, is Central time, which makes a 9 a.m. Dallas appointment 10 a.m. back in Atlanta.
Can the truck park on our Dallas street the night before delivery?
No. Dallas City Code §28-81 makes it an offense to stop, stand or park a truck rated over one and a half tons on any block face with a house, duplex or apartment building, except while it is loading or unloading promptly. The truck therefore arrives for the unload itself, and the survey records where it can stand at your door.
Do you charge by the hour for a Dallas move, as on local Atlanta jobs?
No. The move gets one per-shipment price built from two numbers, the weight of what you are moving and a distance of about 780 miles, then adjusted for access at both buildings, the move date and any packing. No price list is published for this route; your survey produces the weight, and the binding estimate states the final figure.
Will the crew take our upright piano and gun safe to Dallas?
Yes, provided neither weighs more than 400 pounds, the lifting ceiling. Uprights, gun safes and anything over 300 pounds each add the $100 specialty-item fee. A grand piano stays behind, and an item over 300 pounds is not carried up or down a full flight of stairs at the Atlanta pickup or at the new door; five steps is the limit.
Our Dallas lease begins after our Atlanta move-out. Is there storage in between?
Not from LIOO, which has no storage facility of its own. When the new home is not open on delivery day, a storage unit or portable container that you rent at either end of the route can hold the shipment, so mention the gap at the survey and the plan and the written estimate will account for it.
Which Dallas-area cities can you deliver to besides Dallas itself?
Addresses across the Dallas–Fort Worth area are priced the same way, with the miles measured to the actual door. The city of Dallas alone reaches into five counties: Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall. Forney and Mesquite sit on the US 80 approach, while Plano and Frisco to the north and Irving and Fort Worth to the west add miles past downtown.
What should we do with the moving boxes after the unload in Dallas?
Break them down for the blue recycling cart. The City of Dallas collects recycling weekly from houses and duplexes, wants recyclables loose in the cart with no bags or boxes on top or beside it, and lets a household request a second recycling cart. Larger items wait for the monthly brush and bulky week, up to 10 cubic yards at the curb.
Booking your Atlanta to Dallas move
To start, call (888) 611-5351 or send the quote form at the top of the page with both addresses and a target date. The LIOO Moving office is available 24/7. LIOO Moving uses in-house, background-checked crews and never brokers or subcontracts moves. The route runs on LIOO’s own 26-foot box trucks with lift gates.
The survey comes before the price, because the weight sets the cost and the Dallas address sets the last miles, the building plan and the curb. Read how the company started on the About LIOO Moving page, or what past customers wrote in the customer reviews.