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| FORM 4 |                       U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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[_] Check this box if          
    no longer subject         STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 
    to Section 16. 
    Form 4 or Form 5       Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities 
    obligations may           Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the     
    continue. See            Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or   
    Instruction 1(b).      Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

(Print or Type Responses)
 
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1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    Miller                           Ted                             B.
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        (Last)                      (First)                        (Middle)

    c/o Crown Castle International Corp.
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                                   (Street)

    510 Bering Drive, Suite 500, Houston, Texas 77057
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        (City)                      (State)                           (Zip)


2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol   Crown Castle International Corp.
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    (TWRS)
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3.  IRS or Identification Number of Reporting Person if an entity 
    (Voluntary)   
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4.  Statement for Month/Year                  August 1998
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5.  If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6.  Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
                                               

    [X] Director    [X] Officer             [X] 10% Owner    [_] Other
                        (give title below)                       (specify below)
            Chief Executive Officer
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7.  Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
    
    _X__ Form filed by One Reporting Person
    ____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In- Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct (Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene- Day/ ----------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial Year) Month Indirect Owner- Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship (D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 08/21/98 J(a) 70,000 D -0- I (a) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 08/21/98 J(a) 34,972 A 1,068,102(b) D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 99,995 I (c) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
(Over) SEC 1474 (3/91) FORM 4 (continued) TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D) Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) ative Year) Security --------------------------------------------------- Code V (A) (D) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)--CONTINUED
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na- cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In- Date ative Secur- of De- direct (Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene- Year) ity Bene- Secu- ficial (Instr. ficially rity: Owner- -------------------------------------------- 5) Owned Direct ship Date Expira- Amount or at End (D) or (Instr. Exer- tion Title Number of of Indi- 4) cisable Date Shares Month rect (1) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: (a) Securities were owned by trust for benefit of Mr. Miller and his two brothers. The trust distributed the shares, of which 34,972 shares from such trust were distributed to Mr. Miller. The remaining shares in the trust were distributed to Mr. Miller's brothers who are not affiliates of Mr. Miller. (b) Pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement entered into between the Issuer and each of the stockholders listed in Schedule I thereto (the "Stockholders Agreement"), Ted B. Miller may be deemed to be the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 16A-l(a)(1) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of approximately 78,714,000 shares of securities of the Issuer, but Ted B. Miller disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. (c) By trust for the benefit of Mr. Miller's children.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. /s/ TED B. MILLER September 9, 1998 ------------------------------- ----------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Page 2 SEC 1474(3/91)