| Abstract 
              -- This research is aim to study the effects of sliding 
              tectonic plates on bridges and find out the solution for bridges 
              across the rupture area of the active fault. Although it maybe impossible 
              to avoid the damages such as bridge collapsing and column tilting, 
              the study will provide ideas and recommendations for planning of 
              the bridges across the fault to avoid or minimize both the damages 
              on bridge structures as well as the human lives after the destructive 
              earthquakes.    |