Shidan-Kaido the first, second and third gun-do (three military roads for military use) situated in the section between Fukakusa Station and Fujimori Station were equipped with overhead crossings that permitted these roads to cross over the line, in order not to interrupt the maneuvers of the 16th Division of the Imperial Japanese Ground Army (Japanese Army) before the war (it has since been relocated to the suburbs as the posts of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF); one in the vicinity of Obaku Station (Kyoto Prefecture) on the Keihan Uji Line and the other in the vicinity of Okubo Station on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line).
深草駅～藤森駅間にある師団街道第一軍道、第二軍道、第三軍道は、道路が京阪本線の線路を跨ぐ形の立体交差で、戦前の大日本帝国陸軍第16師団(日本軍)の演習の支障を防ぐためのものであった（現在の陸上自衛隊の駐屯地は、郊外の京阪宇治線黄檗駅周辺や近鉄京都線大久保駅(京都府)周辺に移転している）。