EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Corporation for the registration of $300,000,000 Senior Notes due 2011
and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 28,
2001, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Transcontinental
Gas Pipe Line Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended December 31, 2000, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                       ERNST & YOUNG LLP

November 6, 2001
Houston, Texas