The invention discloses a static blasting construction method for a high-ground-stress soft-rock highway tunnel. The method comprises the steps of establishing of a tunnel excavation mode: a three-step method is used for excavation when surrounding rock is at the V level, and an upper and down step method is used for excavation when the surrounding rock is at the IV and III levels; cut hole construction: a diamond cutting mode and a wedge cutting mode are used for cutting holes according to different levels of the surrounding rock; rock breaking through splitting of a hydraulic splitter to form an excavation free face: the hydraulic rock splitter is used for splitting rock along a cut hole after construction of the cut hole to form the excavation free face for the next step; construction of an auxiliary hole and periphery holes of an upper step; construction of an auxiliary hole and periphery holes of a lower (middle) step; static blasting and de-slagging and hole periphery trimming; and circulation operation. According to the static blasting construction method, the rock breaking capacity and the rock breaking efficiency are high, high adaptability is provided for different surrounding rock, the technology can be implemented easily, the construction is safe and reliable, and the method is particularly applicable to highway tunnels with special construction requirements.