6 May] 1872 a Russian diplomatic agent, Ivan Alekseevich Zinov'ev, and Gheorghe Costaforu signed a rail junction convention, which was ratified on 21 January [O.S.

The railway Chișinău-Cornești-Ungheni (built 1871–1875) was opened on 1 June 1875 by the Russian Empire in preparation for the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878).

[citation needed] Ungheni customs were established in 1875 after putting into operation the Chișinău-Ungheni-Iași railroad.

The first metal bridge was built according to the design of the Russian engineer Nikolai Belelubsky between 1874-1876.

[2] Today, the bridge remains a strategically positioned construction under the supervision of border guards.