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The massive concrete pier of the new road bridge, rising from the Prut riverbed; above it, the deck under construction and a work platform, while a second pier is visible on the opposite bank.
BORDER & TRANSPORT

The Prut bridge at Ungheni is almost ready. But you won't be able to cross it until 2028

The pair of bridges over the Prut, from Ungheni to Zagarancea, will be ready around autumn 2026. Crossing the Prut on them, though, won't open together with the bridge: the customs complex, the border control point and the access roads still have to be built — a second phase with a 2028 horizon. On the Romanian bank the work is contracted and awaiting its permit; on the Moldovan bank, beyond European money promised since 2023 and two land transfers in 2026, there is still no contractor, no contract and no deadline.

Ion Calmis·16 June 2026· Explainer
The two parallel decks of the Ungheni–Zagarancea road bridge, under construction, seen from below
BORDER & TRANSPORT

First road bridge over the Prut in 60 years, ready in July at Ungheni. The A8 motorway, still out to tender

Moldova and Romania have opened negotiations on a new agreement on strategic transport infrastructure, whose flagship project is the road bridge between Ungheni and Zagarancea, over the Prut. It will be the first road crossing at Ungheni and the first motorway-grade bridge over the river in six decades, funded with European money. But the bridge will be ready before the roads that are supposed to feed it — a gap that shows both the ambition and the limits of integration.

Ion Calmis·12 June 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
Sergiu Barbacari, head of the Border Police's West Regional Directorate, speaking at a lectern in front of a 'Border Police Day' banner
BORDER & TRANSPORT

Border Police Day in Ungheni, the city that guards the Prut from Cuhnești to Leușeni

On 10 June the Border Police celebrated its professional day, marked in Ungheni too, at the Palace of Culture, where the district administration presented the force with a Diploma of Honour. Beyond the ceremony, the city has a particular reason to celebrate: it hosts the West Regional Directorate, the structure overseeing eight sectors of the Moldovan-Romanian border — including Sculeni, one of the busiest road gateways to the European Union. Ungheni is also home to the country's only institution that trains border police officers.

Ion Calmis·11 June 2026· NewsWHAT'S AT STAKE