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Related Party Transactions	3 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions	Mar. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	Related Party Transactions Loews provides a variety of corporate services to the Partnership under service agreements, including but not limited to, information technology, tax, risk management, internal audit and corporate development services and also charges the Partnership for allocated overheads. The Partnership incurred charges related to these services of $1.4 million and $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. Distributions paid to BPHC and Boardwalk GP were $25.6 million and $13.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. The distribution paid to BPHC and Boardwalk GP in 2019 was impacted by the increase in ownership by Boardwalk GP in the third quarter 2018.