B767-300 LANDS ON TEMPORARY RWY ATL. UNABLE TO NEGOTIATE 180 DEG TURN ON RWY AND REQUIRES ASSISTANCE PRIOR TO PROCEEDING.

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I WAS IN COMMAND OF ACR FLT XXX; BERMUDA TO ATLANTA; ON SEP/XA/99. FO WAS FLYING THE ACFT ON THIS LEG. AS WE APCHED THE ATLANTA AREA; WE RECEIVED ATIS VIA ACARS AND WE BRIEFED THE APCH. IN THAT RWY 9R WAS SHUT DOWN FOR A COMPLETE RESURFACING; INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO MAKE AN ILS APCH TO RWY 9L WITH A SIDESTEP TO TEMPORARY RWY 10. THE APCH; LNDG AND ROLLOUT WERE NORMAL. THE PROB OCCURRED WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TURN OFF THE RWY. THE YELLOW PAGE IN OUR MANUAL DEPICTED RWY 10 AS 7000 FT AND 150 FT WIDE AND IT SHOWED RWY 9R AS CLOSED WITH 'X' MARKS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE RWY. I REASONED THAT I WOULD NOT CROSS A CLOSED RWY BUT WOULD INSTEAD PROCEED TO THE END OF RWY 10 TO TURN OFF. UPON REACHING THE END; I REALIZED THAT THE TXWY WAS UNUSABLE. THE TWR CTLR INSTRUCTED ME TO MAKE A 180 DEG TURN. THE B767-300 REQUIRES 146 FT TO MAKE A 180 DEG TURN AND AFTER 2 ATTEMPTS I DECIDED THE CHANCE OF HITTING A RWY LIGHT OR OF PUTTING THE NOSEWHEEL IN THE DIRT WAS TOO GREAT A RISK. I DECIDED TO CALL FOR A TUG TO ASSIST IN TURNING THE ACFT AROUND AND AFTER THIS; I TAXIED THE ACFT TO THE GATE UNDER NORMAL PWR. ON YELLOW PAGE IT STATES THERE WILL BE SELECTIVE XING OF CLOSED RWY AS STATED ON ATIS. RWY 10 SHOULD BE 200 FT WIDE.