Arnhem Highway
{{Short description|Highway in the Northern Territory}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| type = highway
| road_name = Arnhem Highway
| state = NT
| image = Arnhem Highway in Marrakai, Northern Territory, 2021.jpg
| caption = Arnhem Highway in Marrakai in 2021
| length = 227
| est =
| route = {{AUshield|NT|A36}}{{AUshield|NT|B36}} State Route 36
| direction_a = West
| end_a = {{AUshield|NT|A1}} Stuart Highway {{small|(National Highway 1), McMinns Lagoon}}
| exits = {{Plainlist|
- {{AUshield|none|S}} Jim Jim Road
- {{AUshield|S|21}} Kakadu Highway {{small|(State Route 21)}}
}}
| direction_b = East
| end_b = Oenpelli Road, {{small|Jabiru, Northern Territory}}
| through = Middle Point, Marrakai, Kakadu National Park
}}
The Arnhem Highway is a 227 kilometre highway in the Northern Territory, Australia.[http://www.kakadunationalparkaustralia.com/Arnhem_Highway.htm Travelling the Arnhem Highway from Darwin to Jabiru in Kakadu] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518092959/http://www.kakadunationalparkaustralia.com/Arnhem_Highway.htm |date=18 May 2008 }}, kakadunationalparkaustralia.com. Retrieved 11 May 2008. It links the mining town of Jabiru, in Kakadu National Park, to the Stuart Highway at a point 35 kilometres south of Darwin.{{cite map |title=Australia Road and 4WD Atlas|last=Hema |first=Maps|year=2007 |publisher=Hema Maps|location=Eight Mile Plains, Queensland|isbn=978-1-86500-456-3|pages=95}}
Upgrades
The Northern Australia Roads Program announced in 2016 included the following project for the 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.{{cite web |url=https://investment.infrastructure.gov.au/projects/ProjectDetails.aspx?Project_id=067228-16NT-NAR |title=Arnhem Highway - Adelaide River Floodplain Upgrade |publisher=Department of Infrastructure, Planning & Logistics|date=24 January 2022 |access-date=30 March 2022}}
Major intersections
{{AUSinttop}}
{{NTint
|LGA=Litchfield
|LGAspan=
|location_special= - Bees Creek, Humpty Doo, McMinns Lagoon tripoint
|lspan=
|type=
|km=0
|Mile=
|road={{AUshield|NT|A1}} Stuart Highway (National Highway 1) north – Darwin /
south – Noonamah
|notes=Western end of Arnhem Highway (State Route 36)
|location=}}
{{Jctbridge|exit
|type=
|river=Adelaide River
|km=32.1
|km2=32.2
|bridge=Bridge – no known name
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit
|type=
|river=Mary River
|km=78.4
|bridge=Bridge – no known name
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit
|type=
|river=Kakadu National Park
|km=117
|bridge=Western boundary of Kakadu National Park. The remainder of the highway is within the park.
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit
|type=
|river=South Alligator River
|km=180
|bridge=Bridge – no known name
}}
{{NTint
|LGA=West Arnhem
|LGAspan=2
|location_special=Kakadu National Park /
Jabiru boundary
|lspan=
|type=trans
|km=216
|Mile=
|road={{AUshield|NT|A21}}{{AUshield|NT|B21}} Kakadu Highway (State Route 21) south – Pine Creek
|notes=Eastern end of State Route 36.
Arnhem Highway continues east with no shield.
|location=}}
{{NTint
|LGA=
|LGAspan=
|location_special=Kakadu National Park
|lspan=
|type=
|km=227
|Mile=
|road=Oenpelli Road north – Gunbalanya
|notes=Eastern end of Arnhem Highway.
Oenpelli Road is also referred to as Arnhem Highway.
|location=}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=trans
}}
See also
{{portal-inline|Australian Roads}}
References
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{{Road infrastructure in Northern Territory}}
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