This abandoned railway bridge over the Belgian Albert Canal connects two important commercial cities. It was built during the canal's construction in the 1930s. The structure is a nearly 113-meter-long Vierendeel bridge, a variant of the truss bridge. These bridges have a Vierendeel truss, which consists of a lower and upper edge between which the vertical posts are rigidly connected. The usual diagonal connections are absent in this type of girder. The Belgian Arthur Vierendeel developed the principle of the Vierendeel truss in 1896.