During the service period

bridges may suffer from different degrees of damage and destruction due to various kinds of loads. In order to make the existing bridge safety operation and extending its safe service period

the bridge health monitoring and safety assessment should be done in a real-time way. In this paper

a new and practical method for the structural health monitoring by the integration of GPS and total station technology are first proposed for Yellow River Shengli Bridge. Then

the process of implementation of the method and measured data processing are presented in details. Finally

the processes of test are summarized and future research directions are suggested based on the above analyses and discussions.