The I-45 to I-69 northeast corridor
Memphis sits 560 miles northeast, and the corridor cuts diagonally through East Texas, the Texarkana border, southern Arkansas, and into West Tennessee. We load Houston in the morning, take I-45 north to I-69 (US-59) northeast, clear Lufkin, Texarkana and Little Rock, and reach Memphis by evening. Roughly nine hours of wheel time.
| Mile marker | Pass-point | State |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Spring Branch yard | TX |
| 140 | Lufkin, US-59 (I-69) | TX Piney Woods |
| 290 | Texarkana state line | TX→AR |
| 430 | Little Rock, I-40 | AR interior |
| 560 | Memphis, I-40 east bank | AR→TN |
Texarkana split-night option
Larger 3 and 4-bedroom loads run cleaner as a split haul — Houston to Texarkana day one, Texarkana to Memphis day two. Devin keeps the truck under his eye overnight at a secure depot; no relay, no third-party yard. The signed flat figure already accounts for the split if Bryan’s walkthrough sized the load for it.
Memphis delivery neighborhoods
- Downtown lofts and South Main district
- Midtown Cooper-Young historic homes
- East Memphis and High Point Terrace
- Germantown and Cordova suburbs
- Collierville and Bartlett far-east unloads
Mississippi Delta climate handling
The Delta humidity meets the road outside Texarkana and stays with the truck into West Tennessee. The same sealed-pad shrink protocol we run against Houston Gulf humidity protects the load for the whole haul — A/C-only transit, humidity-rated wrap, deck-strap audits at every stop.
Your move day, hour by hour
- 5am: Houston load begins; humidity wrap applied
- 9am: I-69 northeast of The Woodlands
- 1pm: Texarkana state line, deck audit
- 4pm: Little Rock, I-40 east
- 8pm: Memphis arrival, building check-in
- Next morning: full unload, signed sheet
Same crew from long-distance loading walks the boxes into the Germantown front door. Interstate protocol → or back home.