Pushover analysis was using the incremental distribute lateral load pattern to substitute the inertial load under earthquake response. The difference of lateral load patterns will affect pushover analysis result directly, so the load pattern selection is one of the critical issues in pushover analysis, especially when the higher modes influence is important. In this paper, 7 earthquake records are selected. Earthquake response comparison of 15m、30m and 60m bridge piers between time history analysis (IDA) and pushover analysis of 4 different lateral load patterns. Three various structural levels are used for evaluation of different lateral load patterns pushover analysis. The study seems to show that, the results of adaptive pattern pushover analysis are more precise than other patterns, when the structure in high inelastic range and the high modes effect cannot neglect.