Work Continues On Pipeline To Fix Georgia’s Gas Shortage

A gas station displays a sign informing customers it is out of certain grades of gasoline in Atlanta, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. Colonial Pipeline said it is beginning construction of a temporary pipeline that will bypass a leaking section of its main gasoline pipeline in Shelby County, Ala. Fuel supplies in at least five states, … Continued

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Colonial Pipeline officials say they’ve now finished building a bypass segment around the rupture that broke earlier this month.

Hydrostatic tests are underway on the 500-foot segment to make sure it’s strong enough.