N.J. Stat. § 32:8-20
Notwithstanding the authority granted to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission in its compact to construct bridges across the Delaware river, the Commissioner of Transportation in cooperation with the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States Department of Transportation is authorized to construct as part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways a bridge across the Delaware river in the vicinity of Easton, Pennsylvania and Phillipsburg, New Jersey within 10 miles of the existing toll bridge owned and operated by the commission.
The Commissioner of Transportation is further authorized to enter into an agreement with the Department of Transportation of Pennsylvania, the United States Department of Transportation and the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission providing for the operation and maintenance or the construction, operation and maintenance of the proposed Easton-Phillipsburg bridge by the commission. The provisions of the commission's compact, and all amendments and supplements thereto, shall be applicable to the construction, operation and maintenance of the bridge facility, except as otherwise provided for by federal law or in the agreement between the parties.
N.J.S. § 32:8-20