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In 1693 Gregorio de Salinas Varona proceeded directly from the Rio Grande to the East Texas missions, further defining the course as a direct route. Following much of the same course traveled by De León, Terán diverted his path to send a party to Matagorda Bay to meet supply ships. The next year, Domingo Terán de Los Ríos, the first provincial governor of Texas, crossed the Rio Grande taking additional missionaries to the East Texas missions. In 1690 Alonso De León led his fourth expedition into Texas, with the objective of establishing the short-lived San Francisco de Los Tejas Mission in present-day Houston County.

The blazing of the trail was the result of three expeditions. Settlements that formed along the road were among the state’s earliest cities and communities. It was also developed to confront and counter French and English intrusion into the northeastern frontier of the Spanish borderlands.

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Caminos Reales connected economically important Spanish towns, capitals of provinces, and mines that possessed charters conferring royal privileges.įollowing established Indian trails and trade routes, it was first blazed by several Spanish expeditions in the late 17th Century to connect a series of Spanish missions and posts.

Not every route used by the Spanish during their exploration and settlement of New Spain met the designation requirements as a Camino real. Other Caminos Reales were also established by the Spanish, including the mission trail up the coast of California and the road from El Paso, Texas to Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico, known as the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. The ever-changing 1,000-mile trail provided the only primary overland route from Mexico City, across the Río Grande River to Los Adaes, the first capital of the Texas province, in present-day northwestern Louisiana. One of these was El Camino Real de Los Tejas, also called the Royal Road, the King’s Highway, the Old San Antonio Road, and the San Antonio-Nacogdoches Road. Once work begins, the three-year construction is anticipated to finish in fall 2027.During the Spanish colonial period in America, the Spanish established several royal roads, which tied far-flung regions with Mexico City. New traffic signals at the entrances to the Horse Park and the Surf Sports Park properties aim to improve access.Īn undercrossing under the new bridge will accommodate access to the San Dieguito River Park’s Coast to Crest Trail, linking four miles of coastal trails with 31 miles of inland trails.Ĭonstruction is estimated at $49.1 million, of which approximately $37.5 million is eligible for federal Highway Bridge Program grants. In addition to being widened, the roadway will shift to the east with the intersection of Via De La Valle moved to align with De La Valle Place (in between the two Polo Plaza buildings) with a new traffic signal.

The narrow and aging El Camino Real bridge will be replaced with a new crossing with both a bike lane and a protected sidewalk. With the upgrade, El Camino Real will be widened from two to four lanes from San Dieguito Road to Via De La Valle. Anticipated to begin in January 2023 the widening of El Camino Real has been delayed to July 2024.Īccording to Tyler Becker, a public information officer with the city of San Diego, the project is currently in the California Environmental Quality Act review and city staff are still working on amending the site development permit.