Abstract:The rationality of the completed state of bowstring arch bridge is directly related to the determination of the reasonable construction stage of the bridge and the safety of the operation stage of the completed bridge. By introducing the application of rigid supported continuous beam method, the minimum bending energy method and relative stiffness change method in the determination of reasonable completion state of bowstring arch bridge, and through the finite element analysis of a concrete filled steel tube bowstring arch bridge, the internal forces of suspender, tie bar and arch rib, and the displacement state of tie bar under the different calculation theories are compared and analyzed. The results show that compared with the other two methods, the relative stiffness change method can achieve the most reasonable state of arch bridge structural performance.