Abstract: A barricade system includes supports positioned in a spaced-apart fashion across a path to be closed. A lightable rope is fastened to the supports to close the path to vehicular traffic. The lightable rope is energizable by a single electrical power source such as a generator or an electrical outlet. The components of the system can be stowed and transported on a trailer or the like, making the system very portable. The barricade system is particularly suited for use in closing airport taxiways, in which case it warns pilots that a taxiway is closed and prevents entry onto the taxiway. The entire system (or at least those parts of it that are placed on the taxiway) also is sufficiently frangible to permit its use as a taxiway barricade system.