Even though the Dakota Access Pipeline has not yet broken ground, the $3.7 billion investment is already bolstering American manufacturing through the milling and assembly of the thousands of pipe segments necessary to construct the 1,134-mile system. Numerous specialized steel mills across the country have seen substantial orders for the highly sophisticated segments necessary to construct this state of the art system. Other manufacturing plants have been busy constructing thousands of valves, bolts, gauges, and other equipment necessary to guarantee a safe and efficient way to deliver regionally extracted energy to consumers.