El Camino Real (The Royal Road) served this function.
Hosted Running of the Bulls
Led to Sutter’s Mill
Linked all the missions in California
Led to Christopher Columbus’ tomb
Linked all the Catholic missions in California. There were 21 missions there, most of which still function today. A similarly named road, El Camino Real de los Tejas, served the same function in the Mexican state of Tejas, now the US state of Texas.