Arnhem Highway

Arnhem Highway

Northern Territory
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;

TypeHighway

Length227 km (141 mi)

State Route 36

West end

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]

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.
West Arnhem	Kakadu National Park	227	141	Oenpelli Road north – Gunbalanya	Eastern end of Arnhem Highway. Oenpelli Road is also referred to as Arnhem Highway. Oenpelli Road is a no through road. Access via intersection at 214 km.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Route transition

v t e Road infrastructure in Northern Territory
National highways	Barkly Highway Stuart Highway Victoria Highway
Highways	Arnhem Highway Carpentaria Highway Kakadu Highway Lasseter Highway Roper Highway Ross Highway Tablelands Highway
Major urban roads	Bagot Road Berrimah Road McMillans Road Tiger Brennan Drive Trower Road
Outback tracks and numbered state routes	Buchanan Highway Buntine Highway Central Arnhem Road Colson Track Cox Peninsula Road Daly River Road Dorat Road Duncan Road Gary Junction Road Great Central Road Gunbarrel Highway Larapinta Drive Plenty Highway Ross Highway Sandover Highway Sandy Blight Junction Road Savannah Way Tanami Road

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