UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Centennial Fund IV, L.P.,  
   1428 15th Street
   Denver, CO  80202
   USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Crown Castle International Corp.
   TWRS
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
   
4. Statement for Month/Year
   February 1999
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
   
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   ( ) Director (X) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
   (specify below)
   
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   ( ) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   (X) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person


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 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                 |
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1. Title of Security       |2.    |3.    |4.Securities Acquired (A)         |5.Amount of        |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect       |
                           | Transaction |  or Disposed of (D)              |  Securities       |ect   |  Beneficial Ownership     |
                           |      |      |                                  |  Beneficially     |(D)or |                           |
                           |      |    | |                  | A/|           |  Owned at         |Indir |                           |
                           | Date |Code|V|    Amount        | D |    Price  |  End of Month     |ect(I)|                           |
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 Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                   |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con-  |3.   |4.    |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount  |8.Price|9.Number    |10.|11.Nature of|
  Security            |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and|  of Underlying     |of Deri|of Deriva   |Dir|Indirect    |
                      |or Exer |     |      | rities Acqui  |Expiration |  Securities        |vative |tive        |ect|Beneficial  |
                      |cise    |     |      | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/|                    |Secu   |Securities  |(D)|Ownership   |
                      |Price of|     |      | posed of(D)   |Day/Year)  |                    |rity   |Benefi      |or |            |
                      |Deriva- |     |      |               |Date |Expir|                    |       |ficially    |Ind|            |
                      |tive    |     |      |           | A/|Exer-|ation|   Title and Number |       |Owned at    |ire|            |
                      |Secu-   |     |    | |           | D |cisa-|Date |   of Shares        |       |End of      |ct |            |
                      |rity    |Date |Code|V|  Amount   |   |ble  |     |                    |       |Month       |(I)|            |
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Stock Option (Right to|$20.9375|1/14/|A   |V|5,000      |A  |1/14/|1/14/|Common Stock|5,000  |       |            |I(1|            |
 Purchase)            |        |99   |    | |           |   |99   |09   |            |       |       |            |)  |            |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Centennial Holdings IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Holdings 
IV"), is the sole general partner of 
the Reporting Person, Centennial Fund IV, L.P. ("Fund IV").  By virtue of the 
relationship described, Holdings IV 
may be deemed to control Fund IV and possess indirect beneficial ownership of 
the securities of the Issuer 
directly beneficially held by Fund IV.  This Form is also being filed on behalf 
of Holdings IV as in indirect beneficial 
owner of securities of the 
Issuer.
Steven C. Halstedt, Jeffrey H. Schutz, Adam Goldman, Donald H. Parsons, Jr., 
and David C. Hull, Jr. are the sole 
general partners of Holdings IV (the "Individual Partners").  By virtue of the 
relationships described above and 
their roles with Fund IV and Holdings IV, each of the Individual Partners may 
be deemed to control Holdings IV and 
Fund IV and may be deemed to possess indirect beneficial ownership of the 
Issuer securities held by Fund IV.  
However, none of the Individual Partners, acting alone, has voting or 
investment power with respect to the Issuer 
securities directly beneficially held by Fund IV, and, as a result, each 
individual partner disclaims beneficial 
ownership of the Issuer securities directly beneficially owned by Fund IV.  
Jeffrey H. Schutz is a director of the 
Issuer.
Each of the Individual Partners is also one of the five general partners of 
Centennial Holdings V, a Delaware 
limited partnership ("Holdings V"), which is the sole general partner of 
Centennial Fund V, L.P., a Delaware limited 
partnership ("Fund V").  By virtue of the relationships described above and 
their roles with Fund V and Holdings 
V, each of the Individual partners may be deemed to control Holdings V and Fund 
V and may be deemed to 
possess indirect beneficial ownership of the Issuer securities held by Fund V.  
However, none of the Individual 
Partners, acting alone, has voting or investment power with respect to the 
Issuer securities directly beneficially 
held by Fund V, and, as a result, each individual partner disclaims beneficial 
ownership of the Issuer securities 
directly beneficially owned by Fund V. 
Options are held by Jeffrey H. Schutz for the economic benefit of Fund IV and 
Fund V pursuant to conditions of 
Fund IV and Fund V's limited partnership agreements, as amended.  As such, 
Jeffrey H. Schutz disclaims 
beneficial ownership of such options other than to the extent of his indirect 
proportionate pecuniary interest in 
Fund IV and Fund 
V.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
Jeffrey H. Schutz, General Partner
DATE
March 8, 1999