This past weekend I drove on the Portal Road both Sunday in the afternoon and Monday afternoon. Monday was a holiday so it was probably an anomaly, but the road appeared to be functionally completed. There were no workers, pilot cars, or traffic.
Construction equipment is still off the sides of the road in a few places, so I guess they still plan on paving some of the turn-offs and viewpoints as well a paint lines and maybe erect guardrails.
Even on Sunday in the early afternoon, there weren't many people there. I had pick of a few spots in the upper parking area. It seems visitors have more or less died down for the year and I doubt anyone will be stuck in much construction traffic from here on.
The road looks super nice though! I never saw it's previous condition, but as a motorcyclist I appreciated being able to rip a few turns on the brand new asphalt.
