A slip ramp to US 395 at the highway's southern terminus facilitated this detour in the southbound direction.
In 1999, the turnpike commission canceled plans to build a slip ramp at PA 252 and instead focused on building one at PA 29.
It was announced that the turnpike commission would approve constructing the slip ramp at PA 29 in August 2010.
A slip ramp was also planned in 2000 to connect to Lafayette Street in Norristown as part of a revitalization plan for the community.
This proposed slip ramp is projected to cost $160 million.
In 2013, Montgomery County officials announced they were considering adding more slip ramps along the turnpike to ease traffic congestion.
The parkway has an eastbound slip ramp with U.S. Route 50 Truck, east of this ramp trucks are not allowed.
Between exits 49 and 50 is another overpass over the frontage roads - 24th Street - with no separate slip ramps.
However, most of the slip ramps between St. Catharines and Mississauga were removed during major reconstruction in the 1970s and 1990s.
The only remaining slip ramps connecting to service roads are on the QEW running through St. Catharines.