The invention provides a high-strength hot-rolled steel plate for line pipes which is excellent in low-temperature toughness and a process for the production of the same. A steel plate which contains by mass C: 0.01 to 0.1%, Si: 0.05 to 0.5%, Mn: 1 to 2%, P: 0.03% or below, S: 0.005% or below, O: 0.003% or below, Al: 0.005 to 0.05%, N: 0.0015 to 0.006%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.08%, and Ti: 0.005 to 0.02% with the proviso that relationships: N-14 / 48xTi>0% et Nb-93 / 14x(N-14 / 48xTi)>0.005% are satisfied and with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, characterized in that the microstructure is a continuous cooling transformation structure, that the reflected X-ray intensity ratio between {211} plane and {111} plane which are parallel to the plate face, {211} / {111} ratio, in the texture in the thicknesswise central part of the plate is 1.1 or above, and that the density of carbonitride precipitate of Nb and / or Ti in the grains is 10<17> to 10<18 >pieces / cm<3>.