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                           [LETTERHEAD OF VENABLE LLP]


                                February 19, 2004



Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation
10801 Mastin Boulevard, Suite 222
Overland Park, Kansas, 66210

            Re:    Registration Statement on Form N-2:
                   1933 Act File No.:  333-110143
                   1940 Act File No.:  811-21462

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have served as Maryland counsel to Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
Corporation, a Maryland corporation registered under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as a closed-end management investment
company (the "Company"), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law
arising out of the registration of shares (the "Shares") of common stock, $.001
par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company to be issued in the
Company's initial public offering, covered by the above-referenced Registration
Statement (the "Registration Statement"), filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and the 1940 Act. Unless otherwise defined
herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Registration Statement.

         In connection with our representation of the Company, and as a basis
for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following
documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Documents"):

         1. The Registration Statement, and all amendments thereto, and the
related form of prospectus included therein, substantially in the form in which
it was transmitted to the Commission under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act;

         2. The charter of the Company, certified as of a recent date by the
State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the "SDAT");


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         3. The form of Articles of Amendment and Restatement, substantially in
the form to be filed by the Company with the SDAT (the "Articles of Amendment
and Restatement"), certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;

         4. The Bylaws of the Company (the "Bylaws"), certified as of the date
hereof by an officer of the Company;

         5. A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company,
dated as of a recent date;

         6. Resolutions (the "Resolutions") adopted by the Board of Directors of
the Company (the "Board of Directors") relating to the authorization of the
filing of the Registration Statement and the sale and issuance of the Shares,
certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;

         7. A certificate executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the
date hereof; and

         8. Such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or
appropriate to express the opinion set forth below, subject to the assumptions,
limitations and qualifications stated herein.

         In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the
following:

         1. Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of
such individual or any other person, is legally competent to do so.

         2. Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party
(other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so.

         3. Each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the
Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to
which such party is a signatory, and such party's obligations set forth therein
are legal, valid and binding and are enforceable in accordance with all stated
terms.

         4. All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. The form
and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ
in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such
Documents as executed and delivered.

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All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the
original documents. All signatures on all such Documents are genuine. All public
records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete.
All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the
Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification
of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there has been no waiver of any
provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or
otherwise.

         5. Prior to the issuance of the Shares, the Articles of Amendment and
Restatement will be filed with, and accepted for record by, the SDAT and a
pricing committee of the Board of Directors will determine the number, and
certain terms of issuance, of the Shares in accordance with the Resolutions (the
"Corporate Proceedings").

         Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations
and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:

         1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under
and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with
the SDAT.

         2. The issuance of the Shares has been duly authorized and (assuming
that, upon any issuance of the Shares, the total number of shares of Common
Stock issued and outstanding will not exceed the total number of shares of
Common Stock that the Company is then authorized to issue under the charter of
the Company), when and if delivered against payment therefor in accordance with
the Resolutions and the Corporate Proceedings, the Shares will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

         The foregoing opinion is limited to the substantive laws of the State
of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law.
We express no opinion as to compliance with federal or state securities laws,
including the securities laws of the State of Maryland, or the 1940 Act.

         The opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters specifically set
forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly
stated. We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law
changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might
change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.

         This opinion is being furnished to you solely for submission to the
Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and, accordingly, may not
be relied upon by, quoted in any manner to, or delivered to any other person or
entity without, in each instance, our prior


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written consent. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we
are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the
1933 Act.



                                              Very truly yours,


                                              /s/ VENABLE LLP


42800/198570



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