With the establishment of Dai Juroku Shidan (16th division) of the Imperial Japanese Army, military facilities were established along Sujikaibashi-dori Street (Honmachi-dori Street) and as a result three east-west roads were built by the Army to connect Shidan-kaido Road and Sujikaibashi-dori Street through bridges over the Biwako Sosui (channel) (Kamo-gawa Canal) and the Keihan Electric Railway,
陸軍第16師団の設置に伴い、直違橋通（本町通(京都)）沿いにも師団司令部などの軍の施設が位置することになり、師団街道と直違橋通を結ぶために琵琶湖疏水（鴨川運河）と京阪電車を橋によって越える3つの東西の道路が陸軍によって敷設された。