Considering that the Gojo-ohashi Bridge in the era of Ushiwakamaru and Benkei was located on the former Gojo-oji Street (the present-day Matsubara-dori Street), the historical evidence may not be properly examined, but the encounter of Ushiwakamaru with Benkei on Gojo-ohashi Bridge, which in fact occurred in a different place, may have been a contrived tale.
なお、牛若丸と弁慶の時代の五条大橋は、元の五条大路である松原通の方に架かる橋にあたるため、時代考証上の不備のように思われるが、牛若丸と弁慶の出会いはもともと五条大橋とは別の場所であったものを、後年作り話として「五条の橋の上」と設定したものに過ぎない。