Abstract:With the rapid development of economy, structural damage identification as the core of bridge health monitoring has developed rapidly. , in order to comprehensively summarize the existing bridge structure damage identification method based on the damage identification method based on structural response types, damage identification method based on the analysis of process and structure of intelligent damage identification method three aspects has carried on the detailed analysis and summary, clarify the relationship between the thread of the structural damage identification methods and the technical evolution process. Through systematic analysis, the mainstream algorithms of the above three types of damage identification methods are summarized, and the advantages and disadvantages of each algorithm are analyzed. Finally, the future research direction and trend of bridge structural damage research are prospected.