Most former slaves in the South, meanwhile, became sharecroppers during the Reconstruction period, leasing plots of land from their former masters in exchange for a percentage of the crop yield. By 1880, more than 80 percent of southern blacks had become sharecroppers.
WHAT: The southbound I-95 ramp to Key Highway (Exit 55) will be closed overnight. The detour will direct motorists from southbound I-95 to Caton Avenue (Exit 50), to northbound I-95, to Key Highway (Exit 55). The northbound I-95 ramp to Russell Street (Exit 52) will be closed overnight. The detour will direct motorists from northbound I-95 to Martin Luther King Boulevard, to Lee Street, to Russell Street. The northbound I-95 ramp to Washington Boulevard (Exit 51) will be closed overnight.
Turn left at exit ramp and follow Kennywood arrows to Park (approx 5 miles). OR (TO AVOID DELAYS COMING FROM EXIT #77 EDGEWOOD-SWISSVALE). Follow the PA Turnpike to exit 57, then Business 22 toward Monroeville. Immediately take Rt. 48 South (left turn from the turnpike off ramp) approx. 5 miles to Rt. 30. Turn right onto Rt. 30 and travel west 1.9 miles to the fifth stop light at Rt. 148 South.