Mile 38.5 - 38.5 - 42.7 Krotz Springs Utility Crossings

38.5 - 42.7 Krotz Springs Utility Crossings

Krotz Springs is a crossroads of sorts for the petroleum industry. There are 25 petroleum pipelines going under the river in the Krotz Springs area and 3 going over the river in aerial crossings, from an ammonia pipeline laid by Koch Gateway Pipeline, to 5 gas pipelines laid Texas Eastern Gas Transmission Company. Others include Texas Oil Pipeline Co, Bridgeline Gas Distribution Co, Conoco, Evangeline Products System, Equiloin Pipeline Co, Caynese Pipeline, Interestate Central Gas Co, Exxon Pipeline Co, Gulf State Utility Co and Cypress Gas Pipeline Co. South Central Bell has also buried one of its telephone cables under the river here. Many of these pipelines continue on to Chemical Corridor on the Mississippi River for use there, and many continue on right underneath the mighty Mississippi bound for markets further east in Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and on up the East Coast to Washington DC and New York City.