Right lane exits, left lane is added

[bzakharin]

Just encountered this again on I-95 in Philly:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0149145,-75.0546647,3a,75y,238.8h,59.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swf-pxM4PiQ1cx7Y02C9htg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1
I know it's a construction zone, but they couldn't bother re-striping it so there are three through lanes here? It's been this way for over a year at least. Is there a legitimate reason for this type of thing in general?

[Alps]

I have the reverse beef on I-80 EB at Exit 52. The ramp merges in on the right from Passaic Ave., and then just across the bridge, the fourth lane is added... on the left. I get that they don't want to widen the overpass, so it remains a bottleneck, but it would make SO MUCH MORE sense for the new lane to be added on the right - i.e. for the upcoming Exit 53.

[TXtoNJ]

Reverse in Texas, US 290 at SH 6 in Hempstead:

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.1128495,-96.0630084,3a,75y,89.41h,68.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siTfYKvNqgmIoBBiTkJSsfw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1

[bzakharin]

In both of these cases, there is a period of two lanes in between. In my case, there are 3 lanes throughout, so it's a simple matter of re-striping the road so that the new lane starts on the right and is exit only. Of course, before the construction started, this was the place where I-95 narrowed from 4 lanes to 3, but since the 4-lane segment is being extended to the Tacony Palmyra Bridge, there is no need to maintain the pretense for the sake of continuity.

[roadman]

I-93 upper deck in Somerville (MA) - right lane exits at Exit 28 (Sullivan Square) then a left lane enters from Leverett Connector ramp.  Roadway is 4 lanes approaching Exit 28 and after ramp from Exit 26, but is 3 lanes in between.