It is a popular route for tourists to and from the Panama City Beach area.

Currently, the highway is being expanded to four lanes north of Panama City to the junction with Interstate 10.

A second bridge over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at West Bay has been completed and is now open making the four lane complete for about a 5-mile (8.0 km) stretch from US 98 northward to the intersection of SR 79 and SR 388 at West Bay.

As of 2023, after ten years of work construction from north of Ebro to Interstate 10 has not been completed.

A dangerous section in Vernon has been abandoned by crews for years and left with cones diverting traffic on a hilly part of the road.