1                                             WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                                         Division of Highways
                                        NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS  --  July 28, 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. July 28, 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    9812614   S353-0005/00-000.34 02  ACBR 0005 077 E00      GRADE, DRAIN, PAVE, STRUCTURE
                                                                   ELIZABETH BRIDGE - TEMPORARY DETOUR
                                                                   LITTLE KANAWHW RIVER, 0.34 MI. W. WV 14
                                                                   COUNTY: WIRT
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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