The invention discloses a device for detecting the verticality of a pier column of a bridge and belongs to the technical field of bridge detection equipment. The device consists of an infrared distance meter 1, an angle recorder 2, an angle adjusting knob 3, a connecting bracket 4, a round steel supporting seat 5, a telescope holder 6, a level gauge 7, a telescope 8, a tripod connecting supporting seat 9, a data transmission line 10, a data recorder 11 and a telescope adjusting knob 12, wherein according to an assembling relationship, the infrared distance meter 1 is mounted on the angle recorder 2, the angle recorder 2 is mounted at the front end of the connecting bracket 4, the lower end of the connecting bracket 4 is mounted on the right side above the round steel supporting seat 5, the telescope holder 6 which is provided with the telescope 8 is mounted on the left side above the round steel supporting seat 5, the level gauge 7 is mounted at the edge of the right side above the round steel supporting seat 5, the tripod connecting supporting seat 9 is mounted below the round steel supporting seat 5, and the data transmission line 10 is connected with the infrared distance meter 1, the angle recorder 2 and the data recorder 11 respectively. The device is simple in structure and large in detection range, the effects of energy conservation and emission reduction are obvious, and a new field of the verticality detection of the pier column of the bridge is developed.