The invention discloses an expansion and
contraction joint for a bridge. The expansion and
contraction joint comprises a force transfer device, a
hydraulic cylinder and a connecting device, wherein the connecting device is positioned on the
hydraulic cylinder, the force transfer device is positioned on the connecting device and adopts a force transfer block body (1), the cross section shape of the force transfer block body (1) is a reverse right-angle trapezoidal shape, the force transfer block body (1) is of a
hexahedron structure, and comprises a located plane of a right-angle
waist, a located plane of an inclined edge, an upper bottom surface, a lower bottom surface, a front surface and a back surface, the located plane of the inclined edge is a work surface, the connecting device adopts a pad block (2), the
hydraulic cylinder comprises a hydraulic container (3) and a
piston (4), the hydraulic container (3) is a container with an opening at the upper part, the
piston (4) is arranged at the opening part of the hydraulic container (3), and the inside of a cavity defined by the hydraulic container (3) and the
piston (4) is filled with pressure bearing liquid. The expansion and
contraction joint has the advantages that the manufacturing is simple and convenient, the structure is firm and reliable, and the safety is high.