East Tennessee Gas Pipeline

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East Tennessee Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline.

Location

The pipeline runs from points in Tennessee, to Roanoke, Virginia.

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Project Details

• Operator: Enbridge
• Current capacity: 1.86 Billion cubic feet per day
• Proposed capacity:
• Length: 1,510 miles / 2430 km
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1996

Background

The East Tennessee Gas Pipeline is operated by Enbridge. A segment of the system extends into southwest Virginia and northern North Carolina through a 95-mile natural gas pipeline that interconnects with the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line TRANSCO system near Eden, N.C. The East Tennessee Gas Pipeline also interconnects with Texas Eastern Transmission Gas Pipeline, Tennessee Gas Pipeline, Columbia Gulf Transmission Gas Pipeline, Southern Natural Gas Pipeline Company, and Midwestern Gas Transmission Company Gas Pipeline.

Impact on Landscape

Here is video of the route and markings above the East Tennessee Gas Pipeline going through a neighborhood in Virginia.

East Tennessee Natural Gas Pipeline in my Neighborhood.