Subject to the rights of the holders of bonds heretofore or hereafter issued, as set forth in any applicable statute, resolution, indenture or other instrument, said authority, as agent for said bridge, shall be deemed the successor, for all purposes touching the said bridge, of the Delaware Interstate Highway Division (successor to the Delaware State Highway Department), and shall thereafter deal with said bridge as a crossing as the same is defined in said compact.
N.J.S. § 32:11E-9