10:14am

Tue May 22, 2012
Lexington/Richmond

Oil Pipeline to be Completed in August

Credit Charles Bertram/Lexington Herald-Leader
Construction crews worked on installing a new crude oil pipeline near the intersection of Tates Creek Rd. and Ashgrove Pike in Lexington.

If you're driving along the farmland of southern Fayette County, you'll find an atypical sight: construction equipment. Bulldozers and the like have become commonplace along Tates Creek Road in the southern part of Lexington since last month, when Marathon Petroleum began to replace miles of oil pipeline. The pipeline carries crude oil from Owensboro to Marathon's refinery at Catlettsburg in Boyd County.