The entire length of the highway has been designated the Indian Creek Corridor Scenic Byway.

It runs past the ruins of the utopian religious community called Home of Truth, and through Photograph Gap.

[3] In 1968, the Utah State Road Commission came to an agreement with the National Park Service and San Juan County to improve the then-unpaved[4] access road to the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park.

The rest from Dugout Ranch to the park boundary remained a county road.

[5] Flooding caused by heavy rains destroyed a large part of the road on August 14, 2022.