Editing Tochigi Prefecture (section)

===Roads===
Traversing the prefecture along the north–south axis and connecting to the rest of the country are the [[Tōhoku Expressway]] and the new and old [[Japan National Route 4|Route 4]]. From east to west spans [[Japan National Route 50|Route 50]], connecting southern Tochigi with Ibaraki and Gunma Prefectures.

Also connecting Tochigi, Gunma, and Ibaraki is the [[Kita-Kantō Expressway]], with the 18.5&nbsp;km that connect the Tochigi-Tsuga Interchange and the Utsunomiya-Kaminokawa Interchange. Portions of the Kita-Kantō Expressway are still being constructed and is set to be fully completed by 2011. The highway will link the region's other main transport arteries, the Tōhoku, the [[Jōban Expressway|Jōban]] and the [[Kan-Etsu Expressway]]s, providing a link to the international port of Hitachinaka in Ibaraki.