Streamline Shipping Option Selection

I am looking for a way to make selecting a shipping method easier on my client's website.
Currently, you have to select your shipping option, then state, then zip code. Is there any way to simplify that and just have a user put in their zip code (the system will derive state from the zip), then display all available shipping options and the respective prices?
Thank you,
Mike

There are various reasons why you may not want to do that:
1: The buyer may not know the zip code if they are shipping to a different address than their own.
2: There are so many zip codes it would be a nightmare to set up and maintain

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