Form the point of educating and training outstanding engineers, the case method in the bridge engineering course is examined in the paper for the major of road and bridge engineering as well as bridge and river-crossing engineering.The categories and the features of the engineering cases are discussed and summarized. In order to raise the students ‘ability to solve the professional problem and improve students' engineering quality, the principle following the mechanical features for the case design is presented in the paper, and the plan for the case organization is finally expounded on that the analysis of the case method should be emphasized.