Narrative:

Taxiing to runway 21C at detroit, we were told to hold short of taxiway F on taxiway H and call ground on 119.45. This we did. We were told to taxi via taxiway F to taxiway M and hold short of taxiway M3. There is a lot of construction in dtw and I had the airport charts 'a' and 'B' out for reference. The 'a' is much smaller print but has more of the new taxiway changes on it. I was about to make a wrong turn at taxiway F and taxiway V when ground control came up and told me to turn right to stay on taxiway F. Evidently others had begun the turn onto taxiway V because he was monitoring the taxiing aircraft through that point. Where txwys F, V, and H meet, if you go about 20 ft past the intersection you are on a large concrete area and most of the signs are out of view. It's sort of confusing. My first officer was confused also. I will be more heads up in the future as the new terminal construction continues. There are changes every day it seems. Ground control has done a good job with the construction.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF AN AIRBUS, A320, WAS HELPED BY GND CTLR IN TAXIING TO RWY DUE TO CONSTRUCTION BLOCKING THE NORMAL RTE AND SIGNS.

Narrative: TAXIING TO RWY 21C AT DETROIT, WE WERE TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF TXWY F ON TXWY H AND CALL GND ON 119.45. THIS WE DID. WE WERE TOLD TO TAXI VIA TXWY F TO TXWY M AND HOLD SHORT OF TXWY M3. THERE IS A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION IN DTW AND I HAD THE ARPT CHARTS 'A' AND 'B' OUT FOR REF. THE 'A' IS MUCH SMALLER PRINT BUT HAS MORE OF THE NEW TXWY CHANGES ON IT. I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A WRONG TURN AT TXWY F AND TXWY V WHEN GND CTL CAME UP AND TOLD ME TO TURN R TO STAY ON TXWY F. EVIDENTLY OTHERS HAD BEGUN THE TURN ONTO TXWY V BECAUSE HE WAS MONITORING THE TAXIING ACFT THROUGH THAT POINT. WHERE TXWYS F, V, AND H MEET, IF YOU GO ABOUT 20 FT PAST THE INTXN YOU ARE ON A LARGE CONCRETE AREA AND MOST OF THE SIGNS ARE OUT OF VIEW. IT'S SORT OF CONFUSING. MY FO WAS CONFUSED ALSO. I WILL BE MORE HEADS UP IN THE FUTURE AS THE NEW TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES. THERE ARE CHANGES EVERY DAY IT SEEMS. GND CTL HAS DONE A GOOD JOB WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.