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September 21, 2016

Alabama pipeline expected to reopen today with a 500-foot bypass line

  • Federal experts are investigating a leak in a 53-year-old section of the gasoline pipeline.
    • By JEFF MARTIN
    Associated Press

    ATLANTA — A main gas line is expected to restart today with a temporary bypass after a leak and spill in Alabama led to surging fuel prices and some gas shortages across the South, a company official said Tuesday.

    The roughly 500-foot section of pipe that will serve as the bypass is now complete, and the company expects that will allow it to restart the main gasoline line, Colonial Pipeline spokesman Steve Baker told The Associated Press.


     
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