Arnhem Highway

Arnhem Highway Northern Territory

Arnhem Highway in Marrakai, Northern Territory, 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

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]

Upgrades

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

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

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 – Oenpelli	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

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

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