However, Gojo-dori Street during the Heian period has become the present Matsubara-dori Street, and one theory suggests the 'Gojo-no-hashi' bridge of that time used to be near the present Matsubara-bashi Bridge, and another theory proposes that it was Nishinotoin-dori Street as no bridge was over the Kamo-gawa River.
但し、平安時代の五条通は、現在の松原通であり、当時の「五条の橋」は、現在の松原橋辺りであった、あるいは鴨川には橋がなく西洞院通であったとも推定されている。