We took this route recently to attend the West Coast Mini - Rally and avoid possible snow along Interstate 40. While we were successful in avoiding any snow or inclement weather we were not too thrilled with the condition of this highway. It was two lane,hilly,winding,and from my wifes perspective extremely narrow but the biggest problem was its roughness . While the narrowness and the soft shoulders made me remain very diligent we were able to traverse the area without finding out exactly how soft the almost nonexistent shoulder was. Sometimes wife's lack a true understanding of what fine drivers we are!!!!!! Anyway, on a positive note due to the roughness of the highway we were able to discover and isolate an annoying squeak we weren't aware of.
We returned to Texas via US 40. But thats another story!