Abstract:The V-shaped pier is widely used in urban bridges due to its lightweight structure, reasonable force distribution and beautiful shape. However, due to the special form of pier body structure, the V-shaped pier is prone to generate the greater horizontal forces on the support system during the construction of pier body and 0# block. The linear control is difficult, and the internal cracks are prone to occur at the bottom of the pier. The quality and safety during construction have become a major challenge in the quality engineering. Therefore, taking the construction of the V-shaped pier body and 0# block of the Meishan Waterway Bridge crossing embankment — Liuheng Highway Bridge in Ningbo Zhoushan Port as the background, and based on the on-site construction conditions and safety, quality and cost control needs, a series of studies are conducted on the construction of the V-shaped pier body and 0# block of the Meishan Waterway Cross-embankment Bridge, and a self-balancing composite support system is proposed. The force situation of the self-balancing composite support system in the whole construction process of V-shaped pier body and 0# block are studied and analyzed by the theoretical calculation analysis and numerical simulation analysis. The relatively consistent results are achieved by the two. The calculation results and the practical engineering applications show that the self-balancing construction composite support system can balance the horizontal force during the construction process of V-shaped piers and 0 # piers better, effectively ensure the linearity of the pier body and reduce the occurrence of cracks at the pier bottom. The self-balancing composite support system has the advantages of clear force transmission mechanism, high structural system safety and low construction cost, which provides the effective guarantee for the construction quality and safety of V-shaped piers.