A method for monitoring particulate matter in the atmospheric environment of highway engineering, characterized in that a monitoring device for particulate matter (PM2.5) in the atmospheric environment of highway engineering is used to monitor PM2.5 in the atmospheric environment of highway engineering, and the device includes a dust equipment chassis (1), a light receiving element (2), receiving plate (3), scattering plate (4), light emitting element (5), first exhaust pipeline (6), second exhaust pipeline (7), first fan motor (8), The second fan motor (9), the first exhaust port (10), the second exhaust port (11), the first exhaust channel (12), the second exhaust channel (13), the first air inlet ( 14), the second air inlet (15), the first gas collection port (16), the air supply channel (17), the second gas collection port (18), the gas distribution channel (19), and the particle retainer (20). The method can measure the PM2.5 concentration independently, and can also measure the PM2.5 concentration in a vehicle-mounted mobile type.