Encountering with the developing goals of building a strong transportation country, the transportation industry has put forward higher requirements for the internationalization ability of talents. Promoting bilingual instruction in structural mechanics is a powerful measure for cultivating high-level international transportation talents. In this paper, firstly, the feasibility of bilingual instruction in structural mechanics in civil engineering major of a university in central China is outlined. Secondly, the horizontal and vertical transfer between English competences and professional skills are analyzed based on the learning transfer theory. Thirdly, the vertical transfer of knowledge points in structural mechanics are studied. Finally, taking moment diagram drawn with superposition method as an example, the bilingual instructional design of structural mechanics is implemented. Practice shows that bilingual teaching in structural mechanics may be a useful attempt to develop the learning efficiency and internationalization ability of students.