The invention belongs to the technical field of
bridge engineering construction, and provides a bridge
hogging moment searching device and method. The device comprises a cross beam, walking wheels, a supporting
assembly, a vertical sliding vertical plate, an elastic jacking
assembly and a guide
assembly, the elastic jacking assembly drives the guide assembly to be attached to the bottom of a beam plate in a self-adaptive mode, when the device passes through a tensioning toothed plate, accurate positioning is achieved through downward pressing and rebounding, and the supporting assembly can achieve switching of device moving and positioning locking. The construction method comprises the steps of beam and slab erection, wet joint construction,
hogging moment tensioning point searching, prestress tensioning,
system conversion and the like, and the device can serve as a tensioning alignment reference after positioning. A worker does not need to enter a high-altitude narrow space for operation, potential safety hazards are reduced, the construction process is simplified, and
hogging moment tensioning quality and construction efficiency are improved.