The book is one of the collections on key technologies of bridge life cycle and durability. In 6 chapters, the book elaborates the bridge life-cycle designresearch background and design theory development, major content and decision-making methods of bridge life-cycle design, life-cycle design methods at different stages, and life-cycle design method of bridge components and auxiliary facilities, and presents the application methods and processes of life-cycle design for bridge projects with the typical design example of Edong Changjiang Highway Bridge.

The book can be used as a reference book for personnel of bridge engineering as well as can be used for reference by college teachers and students of relevant majors.

Meng Fanchao,Professorate Senior Engineer, Engineering Survey & Design Master, graduated (bridge and tunnel) from Chongqing Jiaotong College and engaged in survey and design of super-large highway bridges for 28 years; now as Director and Deputy General Manager of Highway Planning and Design Institute Co., Ltd.; Vice President of Chinese Institute of Bridge and Structure Engineering and Chinese Institute of Concrete and Pre-stress Concrete--China Civil Engineering Societyand Bridge and Structural Engineering Branch of China Highway and Transportation Society, member of International Bridge Association, member of the editorial board of Chinese Journal of Civil Engineering, member of Expert Committee of the Ministry of Transport and Chinese famous bridge expert.