1                                             WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                                         Division of Highways
                                        NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS  --  April 14, 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. April 14, 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    9634702   S340-0062/00-023.32 00  00BR 0062 040 E00      GRADE, DRAIN, PAVE, STRUCTURE
                                                                   ROBERTSBURG BRIDGE
                                                                   AT THE INTERSECTION OF CR 1 AND WV 62
                                                                   COUNTY: PUTNAM
          BRIDGE : 4428       CONCRETE SLAB ON PRESTRESSED GIRDER
            SPAN(S):  2 ;

          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