diff --git a/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routeTree.gen.ts b/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routeTree.gen.ts
index 59499d9fbf3..177ee7a3136 100644
--- a/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routeTree.gen.ts
+++ b/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routeTree.gen.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,21 @@
 // Additionally, you should also exclude this file from your linter and/or formatter to prevent it from being checked or modified.
 
 import { Route as rootRouteImport } from './routes/__root'
+import { Route as RedirectReloadRouteImport } from './routes/redirectReload'
+import { Route as RedirectRouteImport } from './routes/redirect'
 import { Route as AboutRouteImport } from './routes/about'
 import { Route as IndexRouteImport } from './routes/index'
 
+const RedirectReloadRoute = RedirectReloadRouteImport.update({
+  id: '/redirectReload',
+  path: '/redirectReload',
+  getParentRoute: () => rootRouteImport,
+} as any)
+const RedirectRoute = RedirectRouteImport.update({
+  id: '/redirect',
+  path: '/redirect',
+  getParentRoute: () => rootRouteImport,
+} as any)
 const AboutRoute = AboutRouteImport.update({
   id: '/about',
   path: '/about',
@@ -26,31 +38,53 @@ const IndexRoute = IndexRouteImport.update({
 export interface FileRoutesByFullPath {
   '/': typeof IndexRoute
   '/about': typeof AboutRoute
+  '/redirect': typeof RedirectRoute
+  '/redirectReload': typeof RedirectReloadRoute
 }
 export interface FileRoutesByTo {
   '/': typeof IndexRoute
   '/about': typeof AboutRoute
+  '/redirect': typeof RedirectRoute
+  '/redirectReload': typeof RedirectReloadRoute
 }
 export interface FileRoutesById {
   __root__: typeof rootRouteImport
   '/': typeof IndexRoute
   '/about': typeof AboutRoute
+  '/redirect': typeof RedirectRoute
+  '/redirectReload': typeof RedirectReloadRoute
 }
 export interface FileRouteTypes {
   fileRoutesByFullPath: FileRoutesByFullPath
-  fullPaths: '/' | '/about'
+  fullPaths: '/' | '/about' | '/redirect' | '/redirectReload'
   fileRoutesByTo: FileRoutesByTo
-  to: '/' | '/about'
-  id: '__root__' | '/' | '/about'
+  to: '/' | '/about' | '/redirect' | '/redirectReload'
+  id: '__root__' | '/' | '/about' | '/redirect' | '/redirectReload'
   fileRoutesById: FileRoutesById
 }
 export interface RootRouteChildren {
   IndexRoute: typeof IndexRoute
   AboutRoute: typeof AboutRoute
+  RedirectRoute: typeof RedirectRoute
+  RedirectReloadRoute: typeof RedirectReloadRoute
 }
 
 declare module '@tanstack/react-router' {
   interface FileRoutesByPath {
+    '/redirectReload': {
+      id: '/redirectReload'
+      path: '/redirectReload'
+      fullPath: '/redirectReload'
+      preLoaderRoute: typeof RedirectReloadRouteImport
+      parentRoute: typeof rootRouteImport
+    }
+    '/redirect': {
+      id: '/redirect'
+      path: '/redirect'
+      fullPath: '/redirect'
+      preLoaderRoute: typeof RedirectRouteImport
+      parentRoute: typeof rootRouteImport
+    }
     '/about': {
       id: '/about'
       path: '/about'
@@ -71,6 +105,8 @@ declare module '@tanstack/react-router' {
 const rootRouteChildren: RootRouteChildren = {
   IndexRoute: IndexRoute,
   AboutRoute: AboutRoute,
+  RedirectRoute: RedirectRoute,
+  RedirectReloadRoute: RedirectReloadRoute,
 }
 export const routeTree = rootRouteImport
   ._addFileChildren(rootRouteChildren)
diff --git a/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routes/index.tsx b/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routes/index.tsx
index 9975e63698d..7ae0eca2bc3 100644
--- a/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routes/index.tsx
+++ b/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routes/index.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,26 @@ function App() {
         }
       >
         Navigate to /about with document reload
+      </button>{' '}
+      <button
+        data-testid="to-redirect-btn"
+        onClick={() =>
+          navigate({
+            to: '/redirect',
+          })
+        }
+      >
+        Navigate to /redirect
+      </button>{' '}
+      <button
+        data-testid="to-redirect-reload-btn"
+        onClick={() =>
+          navigate({
+            to: '/redirectReload',
+          })
+        }
+      >
+        Navigate to /redirectReload
       </button>
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routes/redirect.tsx b/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routes/redirect.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c7093630dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routes/redirect.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { createFileRoute, redirect } from '@tanstack/react-router'
+
+export const Route = createFileRoute('/redirect')({
+  beforeLoad: () => {
+    throw redirect({ to: '/about' })
+  },
+  component: RouteComponent,
+})
+
+function RouteComponent() {
+  return <div>Hello "/redirect"!</div>
+}
diff --git a/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routes/redirectReload.tsx b/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routes/redirectReload.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..517ff6c5a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/src/routes/redirectReload.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { createFileRoute, redirect } from '@tanstack/react-router'
+
+export const Route = createFileRoute('/redirectReload')({
+  beforeLoad: () => {
+    throw redirect({ to: '/about', reloadDocument: true })
+  },
+  component: RouteComponent,
+})
+
+function RouteComponent() {
+  return <div>Hello "/redirectReload"!</div>
+}
diff --git a/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/tests/reload-document.test.ts b/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/tests/reload-document.test.ts
index 3e60f3bedcb..f35ddd5670d 100644
--- a/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/tests/reload-document.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/react-router/basepath-file-based/tests/reload-document.test.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,25 @@ test('navigate() respects basepath for when reloadDocument=true', async ({
   await page.waitForURL('/app/')
   await expect(page.getByTestId(`home-component`)).toBeInViewport()
 })
+
+test('redirect respects basepath', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto(`/app/`)
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(`home-component`)).toBeInViewport()
+
+  const redirectBtn = page.getByTestId(`to-redirect-btn`)
+  await redirectBtn.click()
+  await page.waitForURL('/app/about')
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(`about-component`)).toBeInViewport()
+})
+
+test('redirect respects basepath with reloadDocument = true on redirect', async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  await page.goto(`/app/`)
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(`home-component`)).toBeInViewport()
+
+  const redirectBtn = page.getByTestId(`to-redirect-reload-btn`)
+  await redirectBtn.click()
+  await page.waitForURL('/app/about')
+  await expect(page.getByTestId(`about-component`)).toBeInViewport()
+})
diff --git a/packages/router-core/src/link.ts b/packages/router-core/src/link.ts
index e2ec7f8253f..1931a55a508 100644
--- a/packages/router-core/src/link.ts
+++ b/packages/router-core/src/link.ts
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ export interface NavigateOptionProps {
    * @link [API Docs](https://tanstack.com/router/latest/docs/framework/react/api/router/NavigateOptionsType#href)
    */
   href?: string
+  /** @internal */
+  publicHref?: string
 }
 
 export type ToOptions<
diff --git a/packages/router-core/src/router.ts b/packages/router-core/src/router.ts
index eb846b0afa1..042af0abb17 100644
--- a/packages/router-core/src/router.ts
+++ b/packages/router-core/src/router.ts
@@ -2029,20 +2029,35 @@ export class RouterCore<
    *
    * @link https://tanstack.com/router/latest/docs/framework/react/api/router/NavigateOptionsType
    */
-  navigate: NavigateFn = async ({ to, reloadDocument, href, ...rest }) => {
-    if (!reloadDocument && href) {
+  navigate: NavigateFn = async ({
+    to,
+    reloadDocument,
+    href,
+    publicHref,
+    ...rest
+  }) => {
+    let hrefIsUrl = false
+
+    if (href) {
       try {
         new URL(`${href}`)
-        reloadDocument = true
+        hrefIsUrl = true
       } catch {}
     }
 
+    if (hrefIsUrl && !reloadDocument) {
+      reloadDocument = true
+    }
+
     if (reloadDocument) {
-      if (!href) {
+      if (!href || (!publicHref && !hrefIsUrl)) {
         const location = this.buildLocation({ to, ...rest } as any)
-        href = location.url.href
+        href = href ?? location.url.href
+        publicHref = publicHref ?? location.url.href
       }
 
+      const reloadHref = !hrefIsUrl && publicHref ? publicHref : href
+
       // Check blockers for external URLs unless ignoreBlocker is true
       if (!rest.ignoreBlocker) {
         // Cast to access internal getBlockers method
@@ -2063,9 +2078,9 @@ export class RouterCore<
       }
 
       if (rest.replace) {
-        window.location.replace(href)
+        window.location.replace(reloadHref)
       } else {
-        window.location.href = href
+        window.location.href = reloadHref
       }
       return Promise.resolve()
     }