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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2


                         Consent of Independent Auditors


         We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption  "Experts" in
the  Registration  Statement on Form S-3 and related  Prospectus of  SpectraSite
Holdings,  Inc.,  dated January 11, 2001, and to the  incorporation by reference
therein of our report dated  February 14, 2000 with respect to the  consolidated
financial statements of SpectraSite  Holdings,  Inc. as of December 31, 1998 and
1999 and for the period from inception (April 25, 1997) to December 31, 1997 and
for the years ended  December 31, 1998 and 1999,  and our report dated March 27,
1998,  with respect to the  consolidated  financial  statements of the Company's
predecessor,  TeleSite  Services,  LLC, as of December 31, 1996 and for the year
ended December 31, 1996 and for the period from January 1, 1997 to May 12, 1997.



                                                          /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Raleigh, North Carolina
January 9, 2001