Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 175
Confusion
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Ground Incursion Taxiway
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance
Airport; Human Factors
After landing on Runway 28R at SFO we cleared the runway at taxiway T and were instructed to cross 28L and join T and then D. We were currently on T as we began to cross the runway. I didn't realize that to join D the turn needed to be done on the crossing runway. We completed the crossing of Runway 28L on T and missed the turn onto D. We cleared 28L; still on T; and called Ground. There was an aircraft under tow on B that was instructed to give way to us and we were instructed to join taxiway A and proceed to the ramp without incident. This is a very confusing intersection that combined with the location of taxiway signage made the instructions that we were given very difficult to understand. I think that better taxi planning and better ATC verbiage could help to prevent this confusion in the future.
Air carrier Captain reported a taxiway incursion at SFO. Captain cited signage as a contributing factor.