The invention discloses a warning protection device for pavement maintenance engineering. The warning protection device comprises a bottom plate (1), side edge supporting rods (2), sliding block rods (4), a hanging assembly, a fixing frame (5), a bottom rotating assembly, a warning panel assembly and a positioning assembly; the side edge supporting rods are installed on the bottom plate to form inverted-T-shaped supporting base structures, and the bottom plate is installed on the ground through the positioning assembly; sliding grooves (3) are formed in the side edge supporting rods, one end of each sliding block rod is connected with the fixing frame and the sliding grooves, and the fixing frame is arranged between the pair of inverted-T-shaped supporting base structures through the pair of sliding block rods to form a protection device body; the hanging assembly is embedded in the sliding grooves, and the sliding block rods are connected with the hanging assembly and bounce along the sliding grooves; and the bottom of the fixing frame is rotationally connected with the side edge supporting rods through the bottom rotating assembly, and the warning panel assembly is installed in the fixing frame. According to the warning protection device, rotation and rapid resetting of the fixing frame can be achieved, the situation that external force loads are transmitted to the inverted-T-shaped supporting base structures, and consequently the stability of the protection device body is influenced is avoided, and the effective protection effect is guaranteed.