Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250; Flight Crew Total 7000; Flight Crew Type 2000
Confusion
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Ground Incursion Taxiway
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors; Chart Or Publication; Airport
We were cleared to taxi to Runway 4L via [RG;] B and D. Looking out across RG the signage is confusing and it doesn't look like it does on the airport page. It appears to be straight across to B but I think it was actually more of a left jog and then a hard right. I took a right on A thinking it was the quickest way to B but it doesn't work that way. Ground told us to continue down A and then take N to D. Once there; however; the signage where A intersects with N is also confusing as you approach it.
The Captain of an unidentified aircraft type cleared to Runway 4L was confused by the complexity of the taxiway layout and signage at EWR and inadvertently turned from RG to A vice B as cleared. Ground Control supplied a revised clearance.