I was just up there yesterday, and the four-laning proceeds apace. The 14
miles of widening north of Fort Independence looks like the new roadbed is
complete, and wherever I could get a glimpse, it looked like the first layer
of pavement was down. It looks like they could get this sucker finished in
time for ski season.

What's left? From L.A., there's the 16-mile two-lane stretch at the north
end of CA-14, then about 10 miles north of Olancha next to Owens Lake, then
about 10 miles more between Lone Pine and Independence. If they ever finish
all that, it'll be four lanes all the way to Lee Vining. North of that, who
cares?

Of course, there's the small matter of the hundred miles of US-395 south of
the CA-14 split.