Arnhem Highway

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

Arnhem Highway Northern Territory
Arnhem Highway in Marrakai in 2021
General information
Type	Highway
Length	227 km (141 mi)
Route number(s)	State Route 36
Major junctions
West end	Stuart Highway (National Highway 1), McMinns Lagoon
	Jim Jim Road Kakadu Highway (State Route 21)
East end	Oenpelli Road, Jabiru, Northern Territory
Location(s)
Major settlements	Middle Point, Marrakai, Kakadu National Park
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in the Northern Territory

Upgrades

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

Floodplain upgrade

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

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Litchfield	- Bees Creek, Humpty Doo, McMinns Lagoon tripoint	0	0.0	Stuart Highway (National Highway 1) north – Darwin / south – Noonamah	Western end of Arnhem Highway (State Route 36)
Adelaide River		32.1– 32.2	19.9– 20.0	Bridge – no known name
Mary River		78.4	48.7	Bridge – no known name
Kakadu National Park		117	73	Western boundary of Kakadu National Park. The remainder of the highway is within the park.
South Alligator River		180	110	Bridge – no known name
West Arnhem	Kakadu National Park / Jabiru boundary	216	134	Kakadu Highway (State Route 21) south – Pine Creek	Eastern end of State Route 36. Arnhem Highway continues east with no shield.
	Kakadu National Park	227	141	Oenpelli Road north – Gunbalanya	Eastern 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

Australian Roads portal

• Highways in Australia
• List of highways in the Northern Territory