AN ACR MLG PLT CROSSED A HOLD SHORT LINE WHILE PROCEEDING TO ANOTHER HOLD SHORT LINE THAT HAD BEEN POORLY PAINTED OVER.

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CLRED TO TAXI FROM GATE TO RWY 34 TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 5R. TAXIED ON TXWY C FROM THE GATE AREA. AS TXWY C APCHS THE INTXN OF RWY 5R/23L AND RWY 34/16; IT FORKS. PROCEEDING STRAIGHT AHEAD TAKES YOU ON RWY 16/34. TURNING SLIGHTLY R TAKES YOU ACROSS RWY 5R/23L. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE Y; A HOLD SHORT LINE IS PAINTED (AS IT TURNED OUT THIS LINE IS THE HOLD SHORT POINT FOR ALL RWYS AT THAT INTXN). BUT AS WE APCHED THAT LINE; ANOTHER LINE COULD BE SEEN ON TXWY C AT THE EDGE OF RWY 5R. I WAS GOING TO STOP AT THE FIRST LINE AND SLOWED DOWN TO A NEAR STOP WHEN I NOTICED THE SECOND LINE; SO I DECIDED TO TURN THE CORNER (TO GET A BETTER VIEW OF RWY 5R WHICH WAS ONE OF THE ACTIVE RWYS) AND HOLD SHORT AT THE NEXT LINE. AS THE NOSE OF THE ACFT SLOWLY CROSSED THE FIRST LINE; GND CTL SAID WE HAD CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE AND TO STOP TAXI; WHICH WE DID. WE CROSSED THE LINE BY ABOUT 10 FT BUT WERE WELL CLR OF ALL RWYS AND NO CONFLICT OCCURRED. MY THOUGHTS WERE THAT THE FIRST LINE WAS A HOLD SHORT OF RWY 16/34 AND THE SECOND WAS FOR RWY 5R/23L. AS IT TURNED OUT; THE SECOND LINE WAS AN OLD LINE THAT WAS POORLY PAINTED OVER BUT STILL PARTLY VISIBLE. FROM NOW ON; I WILL STOP AT ALL HOLD SHORT LINES IF NOT ABSOLUTELY CLR THAT IT IS OK TO PROCEED.