The reciprocal teaching mode for bridge engineering is proposed for bridge engineering course based on the main problems in the teaching, in order to improve current bridge engineering teaching methods at colleges and universities, and to improve the students' motivation to learn, and accordingly to enhance cultivation quality of undergraduates of civil engineering majors. The specific implementation measures for bridge engineering course reciprocal teaching is expatiated at four aspects, such as improving students' initiative, theoretical knowledge visualization, binding of teaching and academic competition, and real-time evaluation of teaching. The application of reciprocal teaching mode in bridge engineering course is expected to increase the teacher-student interaction for the course, and deepen students' understanding of the expertise, and therefore enhance the quality of teaching for the bridge engineering course.