[5] The bridge improves road traffic accessibility of the Galați-Brăila area to Constanța and Tulcea, and connections of the Moldavia and Muntenia regions with Dobruja.

The European Union co-funded the project with €363 million from Cohesion Policy funds.

The final feasibility study was finished in 2016 by ISPCF [ro] and Pegaso Ingegneria.

[6] In 2017, the bridge project was awarded to the Astaldi (now Webuild) and IHI Infrastructure Systems association for an estimated cost of €434 million, and the construction works started in December 2018.

[7][8][9] In May 2021, the construction of the two main pillars had finished, and preparations had been started to deploy the first cables across the bridge.