A tender for the design and construction of a bridge over the Prut River between Ungheni (Romania) - Ungheni (Moldova) has been announced.
The Iasi City Council announced this, noting that the bridge is part of the A8 highway project and it will also have a border crossing point. The length of the new bridge over Prut will be 261.20 m, it will have 2 lanes in each direction and sidewalks. Its width will be 13 m in the first phase and will increase by 11.25 m in the second phase. The width of the roadway will be 8 m. The border crossing point will be equipped with parking lots for heavy vehicles and cars and closed rooms for thorough inspection of cars and trucks. The project of the bridge at Ungheni was submitted by Romania under the Connecting Europe Facility program requesting 16 million 486.6 thousand euros for its co-financing. "We are connecting the infrastructure between Romania and Moldova, and we will be able to further strengthen the ties between our communities," Iasi County Council Chairman Costel Alexe said. As InfoMarket reported earlier, the bridge will be part of the Unirii - A8 highway. It is planned that it will be built in 2 years. This bridge will ensure the connection of Moldova's road network with the European highway network TEN-T. Earlier it was reported that the total cost of the bridge construction is 33 million euros. Romanian authorities announced earlier the approval of EU funding of 16.5 million euros for the construction of the highway bridge. // 09.08.2023 - InfoMarket.
