In 1769, Fr. Junipero Serra necessary a waggon road to fit into place his foreign mission churches, so near the establishment of Mission San Diego de Alcalá, his original in California, he likewise constructed California's oldest highway. The highway began humbly, but eventually strode 600 miles (966 km) concerning California's 21 missions from San Diego northern to Sonoma. The Spanish titled the road a "camino real," a possession after utilised to expound primitive wagon roads, which besides translates to "King's Highway." For most two centuries this noble road, glorious properly as U.S. Highway 101, was the chief north-south line in California.
With the introductory of the tops main road Interstate 5 in the behind time 1960s, utmost of U.S. 101 was bypassed or appointed to else highways, going away more of the productive schedule weakly theatrical by California's explosive spreading out. Because of this, Historic U.S. 101 is the schedule to clutch for those who'd resembling to see California markedly as it was during its first-year 150 years as a utter. Although noticeably of the south seashore California plateful of Historic U.S. 101 isn't known on California maps, lately "connect the dots" linking the California missions and face for roadstead titled Camino or Coast Highway and you'll expected be close to the productive El Camino Real.