DC9-50 ACFT TAXIING ON TXWY E. ABEAM TXWY E13 GND CTLR TOLD FLC TO HOLD SHORT OF TXWY E6. THINKING THE NUMBERING WAS IN SEQUENCE THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE NEXT EXIT WAS TXWY E6 WHEN CTLR INSTRUCTED THEM TO STOP AS AN ACFT EXITED THE RWY AT TXWY E6.

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CLRED TO TAXI FROM GATE TO RWY 36L VIA TXWY E. ABEAM TXWY E13 I WAS TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF TXWY E6 AND I ACKNOWLEDGED. AS I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TAXI CHKLIST I ASSUMED (MISTAKENLY) THAT TXWY E6 MUST BE SOMEWHERE FURTHER DOWN TXWY E AND I WOULD CHK THE MAP WHEN THE CHKLIST WAS COMPLETED. TURNS OUT THAT THE NEXT TXWY S OF TXWY E13 WAS TXWY E6 AND I STOPPED AS FURTHER INSTRUCTED BY GND CTL. THIS IS A VERY CONFUSING ARPT AS 1) THE TXWYS ARE NOT NUMBERED IN STANDARD ASCENDING OR DSNDING ORDER; AND 2) THE ACTUAL HOLD SHORT POINT IS NOT EASILY IDENTIFIABLE WITH 2 INTERSECTING HIGH SPD TURNOFFS. THERE WAS AN ACFT EXITING AT TXWY E6 AFTER LNDG BUT THERE WAS NO CONFLICT. IN THIS SIT I HAVE LEARNED TO NEVER ASSUME LOGIC OR STANDARDIZATION TO ARPT LAYOUT OR TXWY NUMBERING. NEVERTHELESS; THIS SIT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. ACR PLTS WHO TRAVEL TO A MULTITUDE OF ARPTS AND ARE SOMETIMES UNDER TIME OR WX PRESSURES NEED TO EXPECT LOGICAL AND STANDARD NUMBERING TO AVOID UNNECESSARY PROBS. SOMETIMES; WHEN I LOOK AT ARPT DIAGRAMS; I WONDER IF ANYONE ASKED THE OPINION OF THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY USE ARPTS WHAT THEIR OPINIONS AND NEEDS WERE. I THINK; FOR THE MOST PART; NOT.