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

	Schedule 13G

	Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
	(Amendment No. 5)*

	Lone Star Industries, Inc.
	________________________________________
	(Name of Issuer)

	Common Stock
	________________________________________
	(Title of Class of Securities)

	54229040
	_________________________
	(CUSIP Number)

	December 31, 1998 
        ________________________________________
  (Date of Event Which Required Filing of this Statement)  

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which 
this Schedule is filed:

	[X] Rule 13d-1(b)

	[ ] Rule 13d-1(c)

	[ ] Rule 13d-1(d)

*  The remainder of the cover page shall be filled out for a 
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to 
the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment 
containing information which would alter the disclosures provided 
in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page 
shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise 
subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall 
be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the 
Notes).


1.	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY).

	Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
	(I.R.S. NO. 13-5581829)

2.	Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a)  [   ]  Not applicable
(b)  [   ]  Not applicable

3.	SEC USE ONLY

4.	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	A New York corporation

				5.	SOLE VOTING POWER
						306,338
	NUMBER OF
	SHARES		6.	SHARED VOTING POWER	
	BENEFICIALLY			- 0 -
	OWNED BY EACH
	REPORTING		7.	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER	
	PERSON WITH			306,338

				8.	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
						- 0 -

9.	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
				306,338
(Included are 2,600 shares which were acquired for the benefit of 
separate account customers of the Reporting Person by its 
affiliate, Westpeak Investment Advisors, L.P., an Investment 
Adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers 
Act.  This affiliate follows an independent investment decision-
making process and has sole voting and/or dispositive power over 
such securities.  The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial 
ownership in these shares.)
	
10.	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN 
	SHARES [ ]

11.	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
		1.6%

12.	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
	IC


Item 1
(a).  Name of Issuer
	Lone Star Industries, Inc.

(b).  Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
	300 First Stamford Place
	Stamford, CT   06912

Item 2
(a).  Name of Person Filing
	Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
	By Joseph P. Cresta, Vice-President

(b).  Address of Principal Business Office
	One Madison Avenue
	New York, New York 10010

(c).  Citizenship
	A New York corporation

(d).  Title of Class of Securities
	Common Stock

(e).  CUSIP Number
	54229040

Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to sections 240.13d-
1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is 
a:
	(a) [ ]	Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the 
Act (15 U.S.C.78o);
	(b) [ ]	Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 
U.S.C. 78c);
	(c) [X]	Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of 
the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);
	(d) [ ]	Investment company registered under section 8 of 
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8);
	(e) [ ]	An investment adviser in accordance with section 
240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
	(f) [ ]	An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in 
accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
	(g) [ ]	A parent holding company or control person in 
accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
	(h) [ ] A savings association as defined in section 3(b) 
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
	(I) [ ] A church plan that is excluded from the definition 
of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment 
Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3); or
	 (j) [ ]	Group, in accordance with section 240.13d-1(b)(1) 
(ii)(J).


Item	 4.	Ownership:

Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number 
and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer 
identified in Item 1.

	(a)	Amount Beneficially Owned:  306,338

	(b)	Percent of Class:  1.6%

	(c)	Number of shares as to which such person has

		(i)	sole power to vote or to direct the 
			vote:  306,338 (Included in this total are 292,738 
shares into which warrants owned directly by the Reporting Person 
are exercisable.)

		(ii)	shared power to vote or to direct the 
			vote:  -0-

		(iii)	sole power to dispose or to direct the 	
			disposition of:  306,338

		(iv)	shared power to dispose or to direct 
			the disposition of:  -0-  

Item	5.	Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of 
the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the 
beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of 
securities, check the following  [X].

Item 6.   	Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of 
Another Person: Not Applicable

Item 7.	Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary 
Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent 
Holding Company: Not Applicable

Item 8.	Identification and Classification of Members of the 
Group: Not Applicable

Item 9.	Notice of Dissolution of Group: Not Applicable


 
Item 10.	Certification:
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and 
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are 
held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and 
are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or 
influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were 
not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a 
participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.


SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and 
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this 
statement is true, complete and correct.


Date:         February 5, 1999 		
Signature:    /s/ Joseph P. Cresta
	Title:        Vice-President		


The certificate of incumbency evidencing the authority
of the representative to sign on behalf of Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company was attached to that certain 
Schedule D covering certain interests held in Nvest, L.P.
and filed with the SEC on December 22, 1998, and is
incorporated herein by reference.
SCHEDULE 13G		CUSIP No.  54229040