The book is the “11^th Five-year”National Key Book Publication Planning Project and one of the volumes of Manualfor Design of Highway Bridge and Culverts. Now, it is the golden period forconstruction of super-large bridges in China. In the form of a manual for suspensionbridge design and on the basis of summarizing the construction experiences oflarge-span suspension bridges worldwide and especially in China over the lastdecade, the book systematically prescribes the features of suspension bridge, overalldesign, overall static structure calculation, pylon design, anchorage design, saddledesign, cable system design, reinforced beam design, deck design, auxiliarywork design, structure protection and durability design, landscape design, wind-resistancedesign, seismic resistance design, monitoring, control and service, keytechnical and keynotes of research, real bridge illustrations and addendums, withthe aim for accurate concept, clear theory, complete structure and systematicengineering cases, as an extremely valuable reference for the vast bridgeworkers.

The book can be usedas reference for professional technical personnel engaged in bridge design andresearch.

Meng Fanchao,Professorate Senior Engineer, EngineeringSurvey & Design Master, graduated (bridge and tunnel) from ChongqingJiaotong College and engaged in survey and design of super-large highwaybridges for 28 years; now as Director and Deputy General Manager of HighwayPlanning and Design Institute Co., Ltd.; Vice President of Chinese Institute ofBridge and Structure Engineering and Chinese Institute of Concrete andPre-stress Concrete--China Civil Engineering Societyand Bridge and StructuralEngineering Branch of China Highway and Transportation Society, member ofInternational Bridge Association, member of the editorial board of ChineseJournal of Civil Engineering, member of Expert Committee of the Ministry ofTransport and Chinese famous bridge expert.