Narrative:

Landed on 4R; were planning on exiting on taxiway Y; on final approach we heard tower ask the aircraft ahead of us to taxi off 4R onto 33R. We decided to use that as our secondary turn off point. Upon landing we decided we couldn't make taxiway Y without excessively hard braking so we were looking for runway 33R to taxi off onto as it was NOTAM'ed for taxi use only. We finally found it after stopping at the northern edge of 33R. Tower issued us taxi onto 33R clearance after we stopped; upon beginning our turn onto the poorly lit 33R one of our lights illuminated a taxi light that we would have struck if we continued our turn onto 33R. There was no lead-in lights for 33R and no illuminated lights for identifying it. We immediately told tower we were unable to make the turn and straighten back out on 4R to continue down to taxiway right. Tower questioned our unable so I told them we would hit lights if we attempted the turn. They gave us a clearance to taxiway right and to expedite our taxi. As we straighten back out on 4R and were expediting the exit the tower told the aircraft behind us to continue their landing as we would be clear of the runway. The aircraft behind us decided that we would not be clear and initiated a go-around. A poorly lit runway being used as a taxiway; ATC issuing late taxi-off instructions; and multiple aircraft being unable to locate and/or execute a turn off of 4R and onto 33R.do not use 33R as a taxi off unless given an earlier clearance or expect clearance and better lighting of the runway that is to be used as a taxiway. Do not use a runway as a taxi off unless there are lead-in lights.

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Title: CRJ900 flight crew reported unclear exits from Runway as well as dimly lit Taxiways.

Narrative: Landed on 4R; were planning on exiting on Taxiway Y; on final approach we heard Tower ask the aircraft ahead of us to taxi off 4R onto 33R. We decided to use that as our secondary turn off point. Upon landing we decided we couldn't make Taxiway Y without excessively hard braking so we were looking for Runway 33R to taxi off onto as it was NOTAM'ed for taxi use only. We finally found it after stopping at the northern edge of 33R. Tower issued us taxi onto 33R clearance after we stopped; upon beginning our turn onto the poorly lit 33R one of our lights illuminated a taxi light that we would have struck if we continued our turn onto 33R. There was no lead-in lights for 33R and no illuminated lights for identifying it. We immediately told Tower we were unable to make the turn and straighten back out on 4R to continue down to Taxiway R. Tower questioned our unable so I told them we would hit lights if we attempted the turn. They gave us a clearance to Taxiway R and to expedite our taxi. As we straighten back out on 4R and were expediting the exit the Tower told the aircraft behind us to continue their landing as we would be clear of the runway. The aircraft behind us decided that we would not be clear and initiated a go-around. A poorly lit runway being used as a taxiway; ATC issuing late taxi-off instructions; and multiple aircraft being unable to locate and/or execute a turn off of 4R and onto 33R.Do not use 33R as a taxi off unless given an earlier clearance or expect clearance and better lighting of the runway that is to be used as a taxiway. Do not use a runway as a taxi off unless there are lead-in lights.

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.