Abstract: The maintenance of the expansion joints in concrete deck slabs is one of the most serious problems in current bridge engineering. One of the alternatives is the use of link slab in a jointless bridge, which connects the adjacent bridge deck slabs at the pier, forming a continuous slab across the bridge spans. Based on the good corrosion resistance of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and high ductility of engineered cementitious composites(ECC), the CFRP reinforced ECC link slabs were proposed in this study and the behaviour of this novel link slab were investigated through a series of experimental test. The load-displacement response, crack distribution, strain, and deformation of CFRP soft grid, CFRP bar and ECC link slabs were compared to investigate the behaviour of the test link slabs. The experimental results show that all the ECC test link slabs can satisfy the requirements of deformation and cracking. It is found that using CFRP grid results in the damage in the interface of the link slab. Therefore, the multi-cracking behaviour of the ECC link slab is reduced, which has negative effect on the behaviour of ECC link slab. Compared with the other test link slabs, CFRP bars has a significant effect on the ECC link slab. The deformation capacity is significantly enhanced. The cracks are evenly distributed with small crack width. As a result, the global structural performance of ECC link slabs is improved.