Abstract:The asphalt bridge deck pavement of urban elevated expressway has the special service conditions and stress deformation characteristics, which can easily lead to shear failure, cracking, pothole and repair, surface deformation and other diseases. In order to improve the safety and durability of pavement structure, a three-dimensional finite element model of asphalt bridge deck pavement of elevated expressway is established to study the effects of load, horizontal force, pavement thickness and modulus on the mechanical response of bridge deck pavement. The results show that with the increase of load, the stress and strain in the pavement structural layer increase linearly, which may lead to pavement cracking, layer bottom cracking, rutting and other diseases. The increase of the horizontal force will greatly increase the shear stress of the pavement layer, which will easily lead to slip and unstable rutting. The recommended thickness range of the asphalt bridge deck pavement is 6~10 cm. Fatigue cracking and interlayer slip are the main diseases of bridge deck pavement structure, which can be controlled by surface tensile stress and interlayer shear stress as design indexes.