Abstract:The pavement disease will appear soon after the highways in the Gobi Desert of China are built, especially the cracks, especially serious. Taking the asphalt pavement cracks of G215 Liuyuan to Dunhuang Highway as an example, the transverse crack and longitudinal crack are widely distributed. The characteristics of cracks are investigated and analyzed. The analysis shows that the climate of the Gobi Desert is extreme and the selection of pavement material is improper. The erosion of saline soil to subgrade and pavement, and the quality of construction in the past are the causes of asphalt pavement crack. Based on the crack formation, the treatment measures for the asphalt pavement cracks in the highways in Gobi Desert are put forward, which can provide the experience for the similar projects.