Aiming to solve the problems of energy waste, management confusion and poor flexibility in urban road lighting control system, an intelligent lighting system of urban road was designed based on the internet of things technology. The intelligent lighting system included hardware system composed of street lamp control terminal, main controller, software platform server, and software system composed of communication interface software, data processing software and operation management software. The lighting energysaving control strategy and system characteristics were analyzed. The results show that the intelligent lighting system of urban road can realize the functions of remote street lamp switch, power regulation and timing operation, so as to meet the realistic demand of urban road intellectualized lighting control.