NEW YORK, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The Colonial Pipeline said

on Friday it restarted its main gasoline artery, which delivers

fuel from the U.S. Gulf Coast to East Coast markets, after it

was shut earlier this week due to a leak in Paulding County,

Georgia.

"Colonial Pipeline safely completed repairs Friday morning

on our gasoline pipeline, Line 1, in Paulding County, Ga., and

returned the line to service," the company said in a statement.

(Reporting by Shariq Khan in New York)