A B757-200 FLC IS FORCED TO USE AN ALTERNATE TAXI RTE WHEN ENCOUNTERING DEBRIS ON THE PLANNED TXWY AT MCO; FL.

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RAMP CTL ASSIGNED US TO ENTRY POINT TXWY H4. FLT; UP TO CLRING THE RWY; WAS ROUTINE THROUGH THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 35. WE EXITED THE RWY AT THE HIGH SPD TXWY H5 AND INTENDED TO TAXI TXWY H5; TXWY G; TXWY H4 TO THE RAMP (SHORTEST RTE). JUST AFTER PASSING TXWY H; I SAW DEBRIS ON THE CTRLINE OF TXWY G JUST IN FRONT OF THE NOSE OF THE ACFT; SO I STOPPED THE AIRPLANE. IT LOOKED LIKE WIRES OR CARGO BANDING MATERIAL. WE WERE UNABLE TO CONTACT GND CTL; PRIMARILY SINCE A SINGLE CTLR WAS WORKING APCH; TWR; GND; AND CLRNC DELIVERY. AT THE TIME OF OUR LNDG ROLLOUT; HE WAS READING SOMEONE A CLRNC. AFTER A MIN OR SO; WE CALLED AND ADVISED OF DEBRIS AND ASKED THAT SOMEONE REMOVE IT SO WE COULD CONTINUE TO THE GATE. GND CALLED THE ARPT TRUCK; AND THE DRIVER INDICATED WITH HAND SIGNALS THAT THE DEBRIS COULD NOT BE REMOVED; RATHER WE HAD TO TAXI SBOUND ON TXWY G. WE INQUIRED WITH GND CTL AND WERE ADVISED THAT 'OH; BY THE WAY; TXWY G IS CLOSED.' GND AND THE ARPT TRUCK WORKED OUT THAT THEY WOULD MARSHALL US PAST THE DEBRIS TO TAXI SBOUND ON TXWY G TO TXWY E TO PROCEED TO THE GATE. WE MADE THE TURN ONTO TXWY G (JUST CLRING THE DEBRIS WITH OUR NOSE GEAR AND ENG) AND PROCEEDED TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THE CLOSURE OF TXWY G ON ATIS; THE FLT PLAN NOTAM SECTION CONTAINED NO NOTAM INFO; AND THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC MENTION OF THE CLOSURE BY THE CTLRS. AS THE DEBRIS WAS DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH A HIGH SPD TURNOFF FROM THE RWY; WE COULD EASILY HAVE DRIVEN RIGHT OVER THE DEBRIS AND DAMAGED THE AIRPLANE OR FOD THE ENG HAD WE NOT BEEN MORE VIGILANT. THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENS BECAUSE OF COMS BREAKDOWN. THE TRAP SET FOR US WAS ENHANCED BY THE CTLR'S QUADRUPLE RESPONSIBILITY (APCH; TWR; GND; AND CLRNC). HE SIMPLY COULDN'T SIMULTANEOUSLY MANAGE ALL 4 AREAS (COULD ANYONE?) WHEN THE ARPT AUTH CLOSED THE TXWY. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE ATIS. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD DURING OUR APCH AND LNDG CLRNC THAT THE HIGH SPD WAS UNAVAILABLE; OR IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTAMED.