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A red crane lifting a girder segment next to a massive concrete abutment at the Prut road-bridge construction site; on the right, a group of people in reflective vests inspecting the works
BORDER & TRANSPORT

Prut bridge at Ungheni reaches 55%: deck installation has begun on the Moldovan bank

A year and four months after work began, the Ungheni–Zagarancea road bridge has half of its structure raised, and on the Moldovan bank installation of the first metal deck segment has started. Minister Vladimir Bolea inspected the site on 11 August. The Romanian bank is further along — 70% of the deck — while the original deadline, July 2026, has slipped towards autumn. Even once finished, the bridge cannot be crossed until the customs post is built, with a 2028 horizon.

Ion Calmis·11 August 2026· News
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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