Left Coast Lifter
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 |
| Completed | 2009 |
| In service | since 2009 |
| Homeport | Wilmington |
| Identification | USCG ID 1206934 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
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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.