Years ago, I lived in a long, low rambler of a house that sat on a corner lot. My husband and I did some renovating which resulted in the entire yard being torn up. When it came time, we replanted the yard with grass seed (no sod for us!) and had to replace the walkway leading to the front door.
I can’t remember what the original sidewalk was made of, but it made a straight beeline from the road to the front door.