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Owing to the buckling problem of corrugated steel webs, up to now the span of prestressed concrete box girder bridges with corrugated steel webs has not exceeded 200m . Based on the analysis of buckling strength of corrugated steel webs, a new type of large span prestressed concrete box girder bridge with double-limb corrugated steel webs is proposed in this paper. It reduces the free height of the corrugated steel webs by filling core concrete between the double-limbed corrugated steel webs, and increases buckling strength of the webs. Additionally, the optimization technique of strong top plate and thin bottom plate is applied to reduce the self-weight of constant load without reducing the cross-sectional stiffness. The result of the trial design shows that this bridge type is applicable and economical, which can achieve a breakthrough in the span of prestressed concrete box girder bridges with corrugated steel webs.