C177 PLT APPEARS TO BE CONFUSED AND LOST AFTER A NIGHT LNDG AND RWY INCURSION AT ROC.

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AFTER LNDG ON RWY 7; I WAS CLRED TO TAXI TO THE RAMP ON TWR FREQ. I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT IN DAYLIGHT. AT NIGHT I AM VERY DEPENDENT ON THE YELLOW TAXI LINES TO FIND MY WAY; AND THEY WERE VERY FADED AFTER OUR TOUGH WINTER. THE TXWY LIGHTS ARE NOT MUCH HELP IN FINDING TURNS; BECAUSE UNTIL LINED UP IN THE CTR OF THE TXWY; THEY JUST LOOK LIKE A RANDOM JUMBLE. TXWY IDENTIFIER LIGHTS ARE SOME HELP; BUT I'M NEVER SURE JUST HOW FAR FROM THE EDGE THEY WERE. AFTER STOPPING ON THE RWY; I SAW THE SIGN FOR G2; WHICH WOULD TAKE ME DIRECTLY TO MY PARKING AREA. HOWEVER; I COULD NOT FIND THE YELLOW TAXI LINE; SO I CONTINUED TO TXWY F2 AND TAXIED SW ON TXWY F TO WHERE IT INTERSECTS TXWY E AND TXWY G1. I STARTED TO TURN L ON TXWY G1 TOWARD THE RAMP; BUT NOTICED I WAS XING THE VEHICLE DRIVE MARKINGS. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING OFF THE PAVEMENT; SO TURNED R AND ENDED UP ON TXWY E GOING TOWARD RWY 7/25. I NEVER SAW THE HOLD SHORT LINES (ALSO FADED); BUT RECOGNIZED WHERE I WAS; STOPPED SHORT OF THE ACTUAL RWY; AND ASKED TWR IF I WAS ABOUT TO ENTER THE RWY. THEY SAID I WAS AND DIRECTED ME TO 'EXPEDITE' ACROSS THE RWY; WHICH I DID. I WAS THEN ABLE TO FOLLOW THEIR INSTRUCTION TO CONTINUE ON TXWY E AND TURN L ON TXWY D; HOLD SHORT OF RWY 7. SEEING AN ACFT ON SHORT FINAL; I STOPPED ON TXWY D WELL SHORT OF THE RWY. AFTER THE OTHER ACFT LANDED; I PROCEEDED VERY SLOWLY FORWARD TO FIND THE HOLD SHORT LINE. I SAW IT JUST BEFORE INADVERTENTLY XING IT AND STOPPED. I WAS THEN CLRED TO CROSS RWY 7 TO THE RAMP; WHICH I DID WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE YELLOW TAXI CTR AND HOLD SHORT LINES NEED TO BE PAINTED MORE FREQUENTLY AND USING A MORE REFLECTIVE PAINT. ALSO; I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT TO LOOK TO THE SIDES OF THE TXWYS TO SEE IF THERE WERE LIGHTED HOLD SHORT SIGNS.