An air carrier captain reported stopping immediately after exiting runway 19 onto taxiway east after...

Attributes
ACN	1128835
Time
Date	201311
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	MSY.Airport
State Reference	LA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 184
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Object

Narrative:

We were told to cross runway 10 and taxi via east to the gate. As we crossed 10 and transitioned to the yellow line on taxiway east (an immediate right hand turn); we encountered dimly lit barricades and had to brake the aircraft. Had the first officer not been alert; there is a real possibility that we may have taxied into the lights. ATIS did advise that work was being done to taxiway east. But the combination of a dark night and the taxi line heading into the barricades created a potential problem. This morning as we taxied out; we noticed skid marks just before the barricades (not caused by us). It was clear that we were not the only crew to encounter this issue.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Captain reported stopping immediately after exiting Runway 19 onto Taxiway E after landing at night; because confusing barricades made it appear that the Taxiway was closed 50 FT to 100 FT after exiting the runway.

Narrative: We were told to cross Runway 10 and taxi via E to the gate. As we crossed 10 and transitioned to the yellow line on Taxiway E (an immediate right hand turn); we encountered dimly lit barricades and had to brake the aircraft. Had the First Officer not been alert; there is a real possibility that we may have taxied into the lights. ATIS did advise that work was being done to Taxiway E. But the combination of a dark night and the taxi line heading into the barricades created a potential problem. This morning as we taxied out; we noticed skid marks just before the barricades (not caused by us). It was clear that we were not the only crew to encounter this issue.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

An air carrier captain reported stopping immediately after exiting runway 19 onto taxiway east after landing at night; because confusing barricades made it appear that the taxiway was closed 50 ft to 100 ft after exiting the runway.