Left Coast Lifter at work on the Bay Bridge 28 May 2011
History
US
Name
Left Coast Lifter
Operator
Tappan Zee Constructors
Builder
US Barge LLC
Yard number
Hull 2[1]
Completed
2009
In service
2009–present
Homeport
Wilmington
Identification
USCG ID 1206934
Status
In service
General characteristics
Class and type
Floating barge crane
Tonnage
7,695 GT
Length
384 feet (117 m)
Beam
99.8 feet (30 m)
Draught
22 feet (7 m)
Propulsion
none
Left Coast Lifter is a floating derrick barge or sheerleg which was built to assist in the eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. The barge carries a shear legs crane which is the largest barge crane ever used on the U.S. West Coast. The barge's name is taken from "Left Coast", a slang phrase that plays on the fact that the U.S. West Coast is on the left of the United States when viewing a map with north oriented at the top.[2]
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^Hyslop, Stephen G. (April 5, 1996). Political Geography of the United States. Guilford Press. p. 65-68.
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