The rural highway network covers county roads,township roads and village roads.It is an important and direct infrastructure to provide transportation services for rural areas,agriculture and farmers.Asphalt pavement has the characteristics of low noise,good driving comfort and easy maintenance,which is widely used in rural highway construction.However,in the process of maintenance,there are still some problems,such as insufficient depth of investigation and evaluation,improper identification of diseases and unreasonable scheme of repair,which make it difficult to guarantee the quality of maintenance and affect the performance and durability of the pavement.Therefore,this paper deeply explores the application of asphalt pavement maintenance technology in rural highways,and adopts preventive maintenance measures to improve the quality and comfort of highway driving.