**1. Introduction**

Bridge engineering is an engineering discipline branching from civil engineering that involves the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of bridges to ensure safe and effective transportation of vehicles, people, and goods. Among transportation of vehicles, maglev (magnetic levitation) systems have become a focus of the worldwide transportation industries. The need for rapid transit systems has become vital in both urban and intercity travels. Application of magnetically levitated trains has attracted numerous transportation industries throughout the world. Contrary to the traditional railway trains, there is no direct contact between the maglev vehicle and its guideway. These vehicles travel along the magnetic fields that are established between the vehicle and its guideway. There are already many countries attracted to maglev systems (see **Figure 1**) [1–16].

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.74722
