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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 8-K/A

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 11, 2001


                        Crown Castle International Corp.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


     Delaware                    0-24737             76-0470458
  (State or Other            (Commission File      (IRS Employer
  Jurisdiction of                Number)           Identification
  Incorporation)                                       Number)


                                510 Bering Drive
                                    Suite 500
                                Houston, TX 77057
                     (Address of Principal Executive Office)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 570-3000


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     The Form 8-K of Crown Castle International Corp. dated April 11, 2001, is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows, and the document
inadvertently filed as Exhibit 99.1 to such Form 8-K is hereby deleted.

    This document includes "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Other than statements of historical fact, all statements
regarding industry prospects, the consummation of the transactions described
in this document and the Company's expectations regarding the future
performance of its businesses and its financial position are forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and
uncertainties.


Item 5. Other Events

     On April 11, 2001, Crown Castle International Corp. issued a press release,
which is attached as an exhibit hereto.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (c) Exhibits

         Exhibit No.       Description
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         99.1              Press Release dated April 11, 2001




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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                        CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP.

                                          by /s/ Donald J. Reid
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                                             Name:  Donald J. Reid
                                             Title: Associate General
                                                    Counsel and Secretary

Date: April 11, 2001

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

         Exhibit No.       Description
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         99.1              Press Release dated April 11, 2001


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                                                EASTERLY
NEWS RELEASE                                    INVESTOR RELATIONS


                                      Client:  Crown Castle International Corp.

                                    Contacts:  W. Benjamin Moreland, CFO
                                               Crown Castle International
                                               713-570-3000

                                               Ken Dennard, Easterly I.R.
                                               kdennard@easterly.com
                                               713-529-6600


                    CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP. TO MOVE
                           TO THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

     APRIL 11, 2001 - HOUSTON,  TEXAS - Crown Castle International Corp.
(NASDAQ:TWRS) today announced its Common Stock will begin trading on the New
York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CCI" on Wednesday,
April 25, 2001. To mark the Company's first day of trading, Ted B. Miller,
Jr., Crown Castle's Chairman and CEO, will ring the opening bell at the NYSE
on April 25th.

     "We are honored to welcome Crown Castle International to the NYSE," said
Richard A. Grasso, Chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange. "As a
leader in advanced wireless communications, Crown Castle is the latest in a
line of innovative high-technology companies whose shares will enjoy the
visibility and liquidity which the NYSE's auction market provides."

     "Crown Castle International is a truly global company built on the
foundation of operations on three continents, world class customers and a
diverse institutional shareholder base," stated Mr. Miller. "We believe this
move to the NYSE will deliver measurable savings to our shareholders through
reduced transaction costs and more efficient trade executions resulting from
the centrality of the NYSE marketplace, the world's largest ECN."

     Crown Castle has been listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker
symbol "TWRS" since its initial public offering on August 18, 1998. Concurrent
with the NYSE listing, the Company's shares will be withdrawn from the Nasdaq
Stock Market. "Nasdaq has been very good to Crown Castle. I wish to thank
Nasdaq for its support and high quality of service," concluded Mr. Miller.






CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL



     Crown Castle International Corp. engineers, deploys, owns and operates
technologically advanced, shared wireless infrastructure. The Company offers
near-universal broadcast coverage in the United Kingdom and significant
wireless coverage in the United Kingdom and significant wireless
communications coverage to 68 of the top 100 US markets, more than 95 percent
of the UK population and more than 92 percent of the Australian population.
Pro forma for all closed and previously announced transactions, Crown Castle
International owns, operates, and manages over 13,000 wireless communications
towers internationally. For more information on Crown Castle International,
visit: www.crowncastle.com.





This press release contains various forward-looking statements and information
that are based on Crown Castle management's beliefs, as well as assumptions
made by and information currently available to management. Although Crown
Castle believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations
will prove to have been correct. Such statements are subject to certain risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks materialize,
or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary
materially from those expected. More information about the potential factors,
which could affect Crown Castle's financial results, is included in the Risk
Factors sections of Crown Castle's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and in previous press releases issued by Crown Castle.



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