crosscoast

Crosscoast is a term used in geography, transportation planning, and branding to describe efforts, routes, or projects that connect two or more coastlines across a body of water rather than along a single shoreline. The term can be applied to intercoastal transportation, energy, and communications contexts, and it often implies a cross-water or cross-ocean dimension.

In transportation planning and civil engineering, crosscoast concepts include intercoastal shipping routes, proposed bridges or tunnels that link distant coastal regions, and offshore infrastructure designed to connect markets on opposite shores. In energy and telecommunications, the term can describe crosscoast transmission corridors, such as undersea cables or offshore wind connections that span from one coastline to another, enabling cross-regional links.

As a brand or corporate name, CrossCoast is used by a variety of companies in logistics, shipping, travel services, or consulting. Because it is a generic construction, it does not designate a single organization and may denote different entities in different countries.

Etymology: the name derives from the combination of cross meaning across, and coast referring to the coastline, indicating movement or connectivity between coastal areas. See also intercoastal, transoceanic, cross-border, coastal engineering, undersea cable.