It is a part of Route 423 that is tolled and maintained by the Osaka Prefectural Road Corporation.
From Kita-ku to Toyonaka, the median of the highway is utilized by the Midōsuji Line and Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway.
Later in the decade, Shinmidō-suji was extended north again along with the Midōsuji Line to Suita were the venue for the Expo '70 was.
National Route 423 was established in 1982 along the Shinmidō-suji, the planned Minō Toll Road, and the older Settan-kaido.
[5] On 10 December 2017 the highway was connected to the Shin-Meishin Expressway at the northern terminus of the Ikeda–Minoh route and the toll road.