The book is the “11th Five-year” National Key Book Publication Planning Project, as one of the volumes of Manual for Design of Highway Bridge and Culverts. Its major contents include: Overview, Bridge Planning Research, Technical Standard and Overall Layout of Bridge, Overall Design of Beam Bridge, Arch Bridge, Cable-stayed Bridge, Suspension Bridge and Composite Structure Bridge, Environmental Protection and Landscape Design of Bridge, Bridge Service, Monitoring and Maintenance Design, Bridge Life-cycle Design and Engineering Risk Analysis, covering bridge planning, design, construction and service, absorbing the latest research achievements and introducing about the key technologies of research for current bridge development, with rich contents, full and accurate data, high guiding and practicability.
The book can be used by the personnel engaged in bridge planning, design, research and construction, but also can be used as reference for relevant college teachers and students.
Jiang Yousheng, Senior Engineer, Chief Engineer of Hubei Provincial Department of Communications and Transport; previously as President of Hubei Provincial Communications Planning and Design Institute, engaged in bridge design for years, winning successively National Zhantianyou Prize, Luban Prize, Silver Prize and Bronze Prize for construction of Changjiang River bridges he was in charge of or involved in.