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Vierendeel bridge
A Vierendeel bridge is a bridge] employing a [[Truss#Vierendeel truss|Vierendeel truss. Such trusses do not have the usual trianglular voids seen in a pin–joint truss bridge, rather employing rectangular openings and rigid connections in the elements, which (unlike a conventional truss) must also resist substantial bending forces.
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