A crew pushed back from the ewr C concourse with clearance to disconnect at a gate near taxiway rg; ...

Narrative:

We were pushed back from C concourse and were told by ramp to disconnect at [gate] short of taxiway rg. We called ewr ground for taxi and were given the instructions: 'taxi B; D; short of V.' the assumed exit point from the ramp is taxiway rg. As the first officer on the flight; I turned my head to the right to see if we were clear right. I was looking to the right and back at the wingtip to make sure we had proper clearance for the right hand turn. By the time I looked forward again I realized the captain had exited the ramp via the entry only taxiway referred to as 'direct access for gate 83/85'. He explained he turned when [he] saw the taxiway rg sign. However he turned prior to the sign; not after reaching the sign. This early turn did not allow us to immediately turn onto taxiway B as instructed. We instead had to taxi via south and then B. Ground pointed out to us that we did not properly exit the ramp and to next time use rg.we taxied to runway 4L with no further incident.I believe the entry only points should have 'do not exit' signs when viewed from within the ramp area. This would have immediately given the captain an idea he was not on taxiway rg. The sign for rg is right next to the entry only direct access taxiway for gate 83/85. Also this taxiway is not labeled on our jeppview page 10-9B. It is the taxiway immediately south of rg.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A crew pushed back from the EWR C Concourse with clearance to disconnect at a gate near Taxiway RG; then taxi via B; D; Hold Short of V. Because of signage confusion the crew taxied out the throat to A then S; D to hold at V.

Narrative: We were pushed back from C Concourse and were told by ramp to disconnect at [gate] short of Taxiway RG. We called EWR Ground for taxi and were given the instructions: 'Taxi B; D; Short of V.' The assumed exit point from the ramp is Taxiway RG. As the First Officer on the flight; I turned my head to the right to see if we were clear right. I was looking to the right and back at the wingtip to make sure we had proper clearance for the right hand turn. By the time I looked forward again I realized the Captain had exited the ramp via the Entry only Taxiway referred to as 'Direct access for gate 83/85'. He explained he turned when [he] saw the Taxiway RG sign. However he turned prior to the sign; not after reaching the sign. This early turn did not allow us to immediately turn onto taxiway B as instructed. We instead had to taxi via S and then B. Ground pointed out to us that we did not properly exit the ramp and to next time use RG.We taxied to Runway 4L with no further incident.I believe the Entry only points should have 'DO NOT EXIT' signs when viewed from within the Ramp area. This would have immediately given the Captain an idea he was not on Taxiway RG. The sign for RG is right next to the Entry only Direct access taxiway for gate 83/85. Also this taxiway is not labeled on our Jeppview page 10-9B. It is the taxiway immediately south of RG.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1322816
Time
Date	201601
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway

A crew pushed back from the ewr C concourse with clearance to disconnect at a gate near taxiway rg; then taxi via B; D; hold short of V. Because of signage confusion the crew taxied out the throat to a then south; D to hold at V.