B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 217; Flight Crew Type 3000
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Incursion Taxiway
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors
After landing in ZZZ; Runway XX. The taxi instructions were; 2 rights; cross [Runway] XY-L; ... to the gate. Captain got distracted by a taxi light not being well lit (which interrupted his after landing flow).I was doing the after landing flow and my Jeppesen 10-9 page froze. By the time I looked up; the Captain made the two right turns but it was onto the option portion of taxiway; [X]; which was closed. Captain attempted a 180 turn and it didn't work out. Had to coordinate with Operations to get a tug to come out and move the aircraft. No damage occurred and the aircraft was able to safely taxi to the gate.
During descent; I misunderstood which taxiway portions were open. After FO (First Officer) made his Approach Brief; in which he included exiting at [Taxiway] X to join [Taxiway] Y; I interjected that I would prefer that he plan his exit one exit prior to as that would be the easier crossing to the gate. This developed a bias in my mind. Furthermore; the FO must not have had a grasp of my intentions and that I was unclear that X east of west was closed.As I joined X; I saw the barricades and stopped. I spoke with ATC. They suggested and I attempted a 180 degree turn. I stopped about 100 degrees into the turn and set the parking brake. At all times I was on taxiways that were open. I asked for a tug and Ground Crew to reposition the aircraft. Once aircraft was facing opposite direction; I taxied to the gate via assigned taxi clearance. No damage occurred to the aircraft.
B737 flight crew reported taking a wrong turn during taxi in that required repositioning by a tug.