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HTML

<a class="directions-link" href="http://example.com/1.html">Should go to http://example.com/1.html plus the addition, instead goes to: </a>

<a class="directions-link" href="http://example.com/2.html">Should go to http://example.com/2.html plus the addition, instead goes to: </a>

CSS

a{
  display:block;
}

a:after{
  content:  attr(href);
  background: #ccc;
}

JavaScript

$("a.directions-link").attr("href", $("a.directions-link").attr("href")+"?addition");