However, such roads as the National Route 1, the Kyoto Moriguchi Line of Kyoto Prefectural and Osaka Prefectural Route 13, and Yawata-Kizu Line of Kyoto Prefectural Route 22 had been apparently congested within the city before the Dainikeihan Road and Kyoto Second Outer Ring Road opened.
しかし、第二京阪道路や京都第二外環状道路が開通する以前は国道1号、京都府道・大阪府道13号京都守口線、京都府道22号八幡木津線などは市域において混雑が顕著であった。