Abstract:In recent years, with the increasing attention of the state and the public to the highway traffic safety, more and more measures have been taken to actively prevent and improve the vehicle traffic safety in highways, especially the continuous long and steep downhill sections of mountain expressways with greater risk. Based on the existing intelligent traffic monitoring equipment, the analysis and engineering practice of the layout of monitoring equipment for the continuous long and steep downhill section of the expressway are carried out according to its linear characteristics, structure distribution and accident status, which can provide a reasonable and fast method for the equipment layout of the continuous long and steep downhill section, and can also provide the intelligent early warning and accurate data information for operation management. The research result can be used as a reference for improving the expressway safety and management level.