Response of Cable-Stayed and Suspension Bridges to Moving Vehicles ‘The first approach uses a simplified analysis method to study the dynamic response of simple cable-stayed bridge models. The bridge is idealized as a Bernoulli-Euler beam ‘on elastic supports with varying support stiffiness. To solve the equation of motion of the bridge, the finite difference method and the mode superposition technique are used. The second approach is based on the nonlinear finite clement method and is used to study the response of more realistic cable-stayed and suspension bridge models considering exact cable behavior and nonlinear geometric effects. The cables are modeled using a two-node catenary cable element derived using “exact” analytical expressions for the elastic catenary. Two methods for evaluating the dynamic response are presented. The first for evaluating the linear traffic load response using the mode superposition technique and the deformed dead load tangent stiffness matrix, and the second for the nonlinear traffic load response using the Newton-Newmark algorithm, The implemented programs have been verified by comparing analysis results with those found in the literature and with results obtained using a commercial finite clement code. Several numerical examples are presented including one for the Great Belt suspension bridge in Denmark. Parametric studies have been conducted to investigate the effect of, among others, bridge damping, bridge-vehicle interaction, cables vibration, road surface roughness, vehicle speed, and tuned mass dampers. From the numerical study, it was concluded that road surface roughness has great influence on the dynamic response and should always be considered. It was also found that utilizing the dead load tangent stiffness matrix, linear dynamic traffic load analysis give sufficiently accurate results from the engineering point of view.