Drove Rice road last weekend w/ no problems. One comment, I left Havi at 7pm on Sunday night, so when I got to Rice there was no traffic in either direction after I passed two semis 10 miles out of Parker.
However, it did look like they were planning some addiitonal paving for the week, but I have had no issues all summer on the weekend drive home. Friday to the river I go through Blyth, Sunday night on way home leave late and take rice.