At the turn of this century,China began to undertake the largest scale road and bridge construction in the world,which has virtuously interacted with the social and economic development and has brought the construction technology up to the world advanced level. Looking back to the world transportation development and comparing the road and bridge construction in Europe,USA,Japan and China,the common successful experiences can be obtained as follows: it has become the value orientation for transportation engineering to give the priority to the transportation for economic development;it has become the national strategy and social action to build up great transportation artery;demand and innovation are the driving force to upgrade road and bridge construction technology;management innovation and quality control have upgraded the project construction quality. While rationally recognizing the achievements in the transportation construction of our country,we should review the deep rooted problems with China’s characteristics that have affected construction quality and efficiency;reveal any construction behavior that violates scientific law and extensive management in road and bridge construction and maintenance;probe into the new challenges to strengthen social management and create healthy soft environment.