Abstract:With the increasing development of economic construction, the number and quality of urban footbridges shouldering the important responsibility of guiding pedestrian traffic have rapidly improved, and have become an important component of urban landscape. In the design of landscape footbridges, the requirements of safety, rationality, economy, comfort, durability and other aspects are constantly increasing. Combined with the engineering practice, the design essentials of long-span landscape footbridges, including overall layout, structural design, rapid construction, humanized design, landscape optimization and long-term performance are introduced. The relevant design ideas and methods have been applied in actual bridge construction, and the good economic and social benefits are achieved, which can be used as a reference for the construction of similar bridges.