Eiffel Bridge, Ungheni
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The Eiffel Bridge is a bridge over Prut
Prut
The Prut is a long river in Eastern Europe. In part of its course it forms the border between Romania and Moldova.-Overview:...

 and a checkpoint between Moldova and Romania. The bridge is located between Ungheni
Ungheni
----Ungheni is the seventh largest city in Moldova and, since 2003, the seat of Ungheni District.There is a bridge across the Prut and a border checkpoint to Romania. There is another border town with the same name in Romania , on the other side of the Prut River.- History :The first historical...

 and Ungheni, Iaşi.

History

On a Russian diplomat agent, Ivan Alekseevich Zinov'ev and Gheorghe Costaforu signed a rail junction covention, which was ratified on . Iaşi
Iasi
Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...

-Ungheni railway was opened on August 1, 1874. The railway Chişinău
Chisinau
Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...

-Corneşti
Corneşti, Moldova
Corneşti is a city in Ungheni district, in central Moldova, with a population of 3,284 at the 2004 census. It is composed of the city itself, population 2,781, and the village Romanovca, population 503.- History :...

-Ungheni (built 1871-1875) was opened on June 1, 1875 by the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
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 in preparation for the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). Ungheni customs was established in 1875 after putting into operation the Chişinău-Ungheni-Iaşi railroad. The railway Chişinău-Corneşti
Corneşti, Moldova
Corneşti is a city in Ungheni district, in central Moldova, with a population of 3,284 at the 2004 census. It is composed of the city itself, population 2,781, and the village Romanovca, population 503.- History :...

 was already opened in 1873.

In 1876 after the spring flooding of the river Prut
Prut
The Prut is a long river in Eastern Europe. In part of its course it forms the border between Romania and Moldova.-Overview:...

 the railway bridge that linked Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

 and Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 was almost destroyed. Railway Department invited Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer from the École Centrale Paris, an architect, an entrepreneur and a specialist of metallic structures...

 in Basarabia (Moldova) to redesign and rebuild the bridge. The bridge was opened on , just three days before the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). On , the Russia's troops entered Romania at Ungheni and next day declared war on the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

. Nowadays it is still a strategically construction under the supervision of frontier guard.

In the nearby city of Iaşi
Iasi
Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...

, Gustave Eiffel also built Grand Hotel Traian (1882).

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