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Crews have completed a 500-foot-long pipe section that will as a bypass around the broken gasoline pipeline that has caused havoc for commuters along the East Coast.

Officials at Alpharetta-based Colonial Pipeline Co. say gas should be flowing again Wednesday.

The bypass around one of its leaky pipelines has been tested and approved.

The major leak that was discovered earlier this month in Alabama led to spotty outages at stations and higher prices overall.

Despite the bypass, commuters could still see scattered outages and higher prices for at least a few more days.

“You know it’s going to take some time to get that fuel back into the system and get it delivered to the local outlets,” said AAA spokesman Garrett Townsend.

The statewide average for a gallon of regular, unleaded gas is 28 cents higher today than it was a week ago.

As for metro Atlanta, the average cost for a gallon is $2.52, about 36 cents higher from last week.

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