Transition from shebang to pushState

I am using Angular.js and so far I used routes like www.oursite.com/#!/angularControllerRoute/angularAction/otherparameters

Where angularControllerRoute and angularAction are my way to indicate a generic route that I have on the frontend using the Angular UI Router.

I want to transition to use the HTML5 pushstate and this implies that my routes will be like: 

www.oursite.com/angularControllerRoute/angularAction/otherparameters

So far I had these routes: 

...

Router::connect(

    "/{$prefix}/:controller",

    array('action' => 'index')

);

Router::connect(

    "/{$prefix}/:controller/:action/*",

    array()

);

Router::connect(

    "/{$prefix}/**",

    array('controller' => 'Main', 'action' => 'index')

);

Now though, they are not going to work.

In particular all the /angularControllerRoute/angularAction/otherparameters must load

Main::index. Currently we get an exception says that angularControllerRoute is missing.

I thought to the following solutions: 

• When a NoFoundException is raised and it is not an AJAX, load Main::index. I am throwing a few NoFoundException from the application and I am not sure what the implication may be.
• Write a  Router::connect for each angularControllerRoute and point it to array('controller' => 'Main', 'action' => 'index') That is a little annoying since each time we add a route on the frontend we need to add a route in CakePHP.
• Remove the default routes and add a custom route. Practically I wanted something like
  Router::connect("/{$prefix}/**",
                  array('controller' => 'Main', 'action' => 'index'),
                  array('routeClass' => 'CustomRoute')
  And check if the controller/action exists and if it does load that route, otherwise load Main::index. I think this would be my favorite solution.  What is the the fastest way to check if a Controller::Action exists? 

Am I missing something?

I am using CakePHP 2.5.3.

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