The Arnhem Highway is a 227 kilometre highway in the Northern Territory of Australia.[1] It links the mining town of Jabiru, in Kakadu National Park, to the Stuart Highway at a point 35 kilometres south of Darwin.[2]

Arnhem Highway

Arnhem Highway in Marrakai, Northern Territory, 2021
General information
TypeHighway
Length227 km (141 mi)
Route number(s) State Route 36
Major junctions
West end Stuart Highway (National Highway 1), McMinns Lagoon
 
East endOenpelli Road, Jabiru, Northern Territory
Location(s)
Major settlementsMiddle Point, Marrakai, Kakadu National Park
Highway system

Upgrades edit

The Northern Australia Roads Program announced in 2016 included the following project for the Arnhem Highway.

Floodplain upgrade edit

The project to upgrade the Adelaide River floodplain is to be complete in early 2022 at a total cost of $77.9 million.[3]

Major intersections edit

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
LitchfieldBees Creek, Humpty Doo, McMinns Lagoon tripoint00.0  Stuart Highway (National Highway 1) north – Darwin /
south – Noonamah
Western end of Arnhem Highway (State Route 36)
Adelaide River32.1–
32.2
19.9–
20.0
Bridge – no known name
Mary River78.448.7Bridge – no known name
Kakadu National Park11773Western boundary of Kakadu National Park. The remainder of the highway is within the park.
South Alligator River180110Bridge – no known name
West ArnhemKakadu National Park /
Jabiru boundary
216134   Kakadu Highway (State Route 21) south – Pine CreekEastern end of State Route 36.
Arnhem Highway continues east with no shield.
Kakadu National Park227141Oenpelli Road north – OenpelliEastern end of Arnhem Highway.
Oenpelli Road is also referred to as Arnhem Highway.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Route transition

See also edit

  Australian Roads portal

References edit

  1. ^ Travelling the Arnhem Highway from Darwin to Jabiru in Kakadu Archived 18 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine, kakadunationalparkaustralia.com. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  2. ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
  3. ^ "Arnhem Highway - Adelaide River Floodplain Upgrade". Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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