Bridges play a pivotal role in the transportation infrastructure of any country, and the nation’s economy directly relies on these infrastructures. The modern design philosophy demands the adaptive response of the structures to diverse natural forces, necessitating the use of modern material and design approaches. In this context, the concept of novel two stage friction pendulum bearing (TSFPB) was introduced, offering different stiffness and yield force at each stage. The difference in yield force and stiffness for each stage enables it to provide adaptive behavior to both severe and moderate earthquakes. OpenSees modeling offers efficient computational simulations of complex structural behaviors under dynamic loads with great flexibility and lower computational costs compared to traditional solid modeling. So, the nonlinear element model of TSFPB was developed in OpenSees and compared its seismic performance against traditional isolation bearing structure under various earthquake intensities in OpenSees. The findings revealed that the seismic performance of TSFPB significantly surpasses the traditional isolation bearing in terms of energy dissipation, adaptive stiffness, and post-earthquake resilience. This study provides a foundation for future AI-based seismic performance assessment studies.