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a national highway it receives ample funding to keep it decent . Its surface varies from state to state , the size of its berms going from usable to nonexistent , its pavement from new to it ’ ll get you there .
Over the miles I would experience the quirky and the quintessential , the theatrical and grand to the sublime and ridiculous , fun stuff , things someone my age has grown to appreciate . But this was first and foremost a ride .
In the first 500 miles the highway rarely gives away your location , so similar is what surrounds you . On one stretch , without warning , I encountered loose gravel , or so it initially appeared . But on closer inspection the gravel was yellow . What I rode through for miles was a thin coating of corn kernels . That was so cool ! What could be more middle America ? In some ways U . S . 50 is an anonymous highway , lacking in history or a catchy name .
Combined I-70 , U . S . 6 and U . S . 50 weave through the San Raphael Reef west of Green River , Utah .