1                                             WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                                         Division of Highways
                                        NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS  --  February 24, 1998  LETTING

         Sealed proposals will be received by the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways at its office in
   Building Five, Room A-148, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0430 until 10 A.M. February 24, 1998
   and said proposals will be publicly opened and read immediately thereafter for the construction of the following project(s):

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   Call   Contract  State Project           Federal Project        Description
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   001    9218030R1 S325-0019/73-000.09 00  ACDP 0077 085 E        STRUCTURE RENOVATION
                                                                   JEFFERSON STREET BRIDGE #1567.2 REPAIR
                                                                   0.09 MILES EAST OF US 19
                                                                   COUNTY: MARION
          BRIDGE : 1567.2     CONCRETE RIGID FRAME
            SPAN(S): 16 ;

          DBE GOAL: 10 % OF CONTRACT BID AMOUNT. BIDDER MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN ASSURANCE OF MEETING GOAL ON FORM IN PROPOSAL.
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          Letting location: DOH CONFERENCE ROOM A-122
                            STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX - BUILDING FIVE
                            1900 KANAWHA BOULEVARD EAST
                            CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25304-0430