Indianapolis east on I-70 to Columbus, Ohio is one of our regular eastbound corridors — I-70 east straight across the National Road from Marion County into Franklin County. Back To Back Moving runs the whole job ourselves — our truck, our W-2 crew, no swap at a Richmond or Dayton warehouse — so the team that wraps furniture in Indianapolis carries the key into your Short North loft, German Village brick, or Dublin subdivision. It is one of the regional long-distance corridors from Marion County.
The Indianapolis to Columbus lane
The trip is roughly 175 miles east up I-70, threading Greenfield, Richmond, Dayton, and the rural stretch into central Ohio. At about two and three-quarter hours of driving, it stays a clean same-day relocation with a single crew end to end.
- Distance~175 miles E
- RouteI-70 East
- Drive time~2.75 hours
- TransitSame day, single crew
No load board into central Ohio
A lot of “Columbus movers” online are brokers who post the job and let a stranger’s truck show up at your German Village door. Back To Back is a licensed Indiana carrier — the crew that quotes you on Keystone Avenue is the crew that drives the I-70/I-270 interchange.
What to expect across the Columbus metro
Columbus drops range from Short North loft conversions and German Village brick two-stories to Dublin and Westerville master-planned subdivisions, and a relocation here can include an OSU campus or Bexley historic district pickup window.
| Area | Typical relocation |
|---|---|
| Short North / Downtown lofts | Brick warehouse conversions, freight elevator and Certificate of Insurance, narrow loading docks |
| German Village / Victorian Village | Cobblestone streets, historic brick homes, tight stair carries, finished basements |
| Dublin / Westerville / Powell | Newer subdivision and townhome layouts, HOA rules, full ground-floor loads |
| Bexley / Upper Arlington / OSU area | Older two-story Colonials, mature trees overhead, longer driveways |
- One Back To Back truck and W-2 crew, Marion County to the Columbus metro
- Binding written quote — the number you sign is the number due at unload
- Same-day delivery: we load at sunrise, you sleep in Columbus that night
- $1M cargo coverage on the full I-70 run, every job
Columbus is priced like every long-distance relocation we run; if you are heading farther east on I-70, ask about our St. Louis corridor or, north up I-69, the Detroit corridor.
Midwest weather and the I-70 National Road
The two squeezes on this corridor are the rural Richmond-Dayton stretch in storm season and the late-afternoon Columbus rush around the I-270 outer belt, so we time the lane around both.
- Pre-dawn start. Trevor’s crew loads before sunrise in Indianapolis so we clear Richmond and Dayton before peak congestion.
- Winter prep. December through February the open National Road stretch gets ice first — chains and salt ride along on every winter run.
- Same-day finish. A 175-mile run means we unload and place furniture in Columbus the same day, not the next.
Beat the rush, beat the drive
We load before midday traffic builds and run the I-70 corridor straight east across the National Road. An early dispatch is how a same-day Columbus relocation stays a same-day relocation. Get a free flat-rate quote for your move east.
Indianapolis → Columbus, OH — Estimated Cost
| Home Size | Estimated Flat Rate | Typical Transit |
|---|---|---|
| Studio / 1-bedroom | $1,000–$1,600 | Same day |
| 2-bedroom | $1,700–$2,700 | Same day |
| 3-bedroom | $2,800–$4,200 | Same day |
| 4-bedroom | $4,300–$6,050 | Same day |
| 5-bedroom / large | $6,050+ | Same day |
Treat these as ballpark bands for the corridor. Once our crew chief has walked your Indianapolis home and counted rooms, the flat figure lands on paper and holds firm through unload.
Running The Indianapolis → Columbus, OH Lane?
Our own Indy crew loads, drives and unloads the whole corridor — one flat written price, signed before the truck rolls off Keystone Avenue.
The same Back To Back Moving crew that loads your truck in Indianapolis stays with the shipment down I-65, I-70, I-74 or I-69 and unloads at the other door. We never hand your job to an outside van line, and the same Indiana-authorized driver who pulled out of the Keystone Avenue yard rolls it through every weigh station straight to your destination address.
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