Citing ‘damaged anchor support,’ Enbridge closes Line 5 pipeline

Published June 22, 2020 7:00pm ET



Enbridge has shut down temporarily its Line 5 pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac.

After discovering a damaged anchor support on one of the two lines carrying oil and natural gas downstate from the Upper Peninsula, the company took precautionary measures. The pipelines convey approximately 540,000 gallons of fuel per day. The same amount would require the equivalent of 2,000 trucks to transport.

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