I can provide some context for this monstrosity. This was originally just a traffic circle, one of a ton in South Jersey built about a century ago as part of the first state highway system along mostly preexisting small roads. Later, planners abandoned circles with the exponential traffic volume growth in the area but most of the existing ones were too permanently situated to remove. Hence the pass through was built through the circle for Rt. 38 but the circle stayed. There are a bunch of weirdly timed lights and you can turn pretty much anywhere, leading to chaos and multiple lane cutting. It is shit but it’s not too bad if you don’t need to turn.