EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in Amendment
No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation for the registration of $300,000,000
7% 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

December 5, 2001
Houston, Texas