As with other roads built during the Qing Dynasty, soldiers were dispatched to watch over construction, but once the road was completed, tribesmen harassed those who ventured onto it, while natural disasters slowly took a toll as well.
和清朝所修的其他古道一樣，在修築期間，官方雖然派出可觀兵力防護修道，但古道完工不久旋即在番害、天災和人禍交互危害下，遭到廢棄的命運。