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 | |
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Arnhem Highway in Marrakai, Northern Territory, 2021 | |
General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 227 km (141 mi) |
Route number(s) | ![]() ![]() |
Major junctions | |
West end | ![]() |
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East end | Oenpelli Road, Jabiru, Northern Territory |
Location(s) | |
Major settlements | Middle Point, Marrakai, Kakadu National Park |
Highway system | |
Upgrades
editThe Northern Australia Roads Program announced in 2016 included the following project for the Arnhem Highway.
Floodplain upgrade
editThe 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
editLGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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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 – 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
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
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