Car shipping from Jacksonville, FL to Tampa, FL
Figures below are worked out for this specific corridor and dated.
Before pickup: why the carrier gives a pickup window, not an hour; how to prepare the car; and what the pickup inspection protects.
Driving cost: 199 mi × 76¢/mi (IRS rate) = $151, a 1-day drive. See the full math.
The route between Jacksonville and Tampa
I-75 and US-301 share the route in roughly equal measure (about 82 and 70 of the 199 miles), with I-10 and I-275 on the Jacksonville and Tampa ends.
No toll roads on the OSRM route.
How is this trip priced?
We have no written quote for this lane yet, so a person prices your request from a current carrier quote before anything is charged. It is one of two Florida lanes we book with no toll road on the main route. The Florida quote closest to it in length is Orlando to Jacksonville, 140 miles, at $450 from a carrier.
Check any quote, ours included, with the quote checker; quotes on other routes are on car shipping cost, and days on the truck by distance in the transit time estimator.
What can delay a shipment on this lane?
- The Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30. A named storm near the coast can close roads, stall pickups and fill the highways with evacuation traffic for days, so a pickup booked in that stretch should have a flexible window. (National Hurricane Center, read 2026-09-26)
- In a major hurricane evacuation, Florida can open the paved shoulders as an extra lane on set stretches of I-75 (including Alligator Alley), I-95 north of Jupiter, Florida's Turnpike north of West Palm Beach, I-4 and I-10. Large trucks and trailers are not allowed on the shoulder, so a car carrier stays in the slower general lanes while other traffic gets the extra lane. (Florida Department of Transportation, read 2026-09-26)
Heading the other direction? See car shipping from Tampa, FL to Jacksonville, FL.
Other in-state lanes we book in Florida
- Orlando to Jacksonville 140 mi
- Miami to Orlando 233 mi
- Miami to Tampa 280 mi
- Miami to Jacksonville 343 mi
Sources: road miles and drive time from OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocoding and OSRM driving route (city centers), 2026-09-22, city center to city center (your addresses will change them a little). Drive cost: IRS standard mileage rate, irs.gov, read 2026-09-21. Transit band: typical open-carrier transit-day ranges by distance as published on public transit-time guides, read 2026-09-21. Route and toll notes: OSRM driving route, city center to city center, router.project-osrm.org, read 2026-09-24. We don't publish a shipping price for this lane yet because an honest price depends on a current quote; see how our pricing works.