USDA Forest Service, PO Box 2750, Asheville, NC 28802

Y -- AVERY CREEK ROAD REPLACEMENT OF BRIDGES, PISGAH NF, NORTH CAROLINA SOL IFB SE-99-95 DUE 083199 POC Jan Walthall, Contracting Officer, 828-257-4293 IFB SE-99-95 Avery Creek Road Replacement Bridges. ISSUE DATE: 8-2-99, BID OPENING: 8-31-99 at 2 p.m. EST. PRE-BID MEETING: 8-17-99 at 9 a.m. EST, meet at the Pisgah District Ranger Office located on US 276 approximately 1 mile West of the Intersection of NC 280/US 64/US 276 at Pisgah Forest, NC. This project consists of replacing 3 existing steel superstructure bridges with precast, prestressed concrete bridges on Avery's Creek Road 477. The bridges to be replaced are the 1st, 2nd and 4th bridges on this road. Other misc. work consists of replaceing PVC conduit for telephone lines, clearing, grubbing and seeding. The location of the project is: from Pisgah Forest NC, take US 276 west for approximately 2 miles, turn on FS Road 477, first bridge is the beginning of the project. There is a $25 non-refundable charge for this packet. Please make the check payable to the USDA Forest Service, in remarks note project number SE-99-95 and send to the USDA Forest Service, Attention: Jan Walthall, 160-A Zillicoa St, Asheville NC 28802. BONDING IS REQUIRED. Estimated price range is $250,000 -- $500,000. Posted 07/19/99 (W-SN355710). (0200)

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