Abstract: My country's highway industry is developing steadily, and various highway projects are showing a trend of increasing number and scale. Under this development background, traditional human operation methods not only have the problem of low construction efficiency, but also difficult to solve the construction problems on the spot. At present, mechanized construction operations have replaced part of human operations and improved the construction mode of highway engineering. Mechanical equipment is a key element in construction operations, and its daily maintenance and management are very critical. Based on this, this article explores the innovative ways and strategies of mechanical equipment maintenance and management in highway engineering, and the research shows that this is of great significance to improving the construction quality of highway engineering.