Van Praet Bridge, Girder bridge in City of Brussels, Belgium.

Van Praet Bridge is a double girder bridge over the Brussels-Scheldt maritime canal and the N201 in Brussels. Its road bridge, built in 1956, has two steel spans of 41.4 m each, is 83 m long and 30.55 m wide, and carries the R21 ring road. The separate tram bridge, added in 1978, is 126 m long and 8.7 m wide, with 11 concrete spans and a maximum span of 42 m over the canal.

The road bridge was built in 1956 as part of the R21 middle ring, with two steel spans of 41.4 m each. The tram bridge followed in 1978, its 11 concrete spans reaching 126 m because the road bridge rests largely on an embankment. The name honours Jules Van Praet, minister and confidant of Leopold I.

The bridge carries Brussels tram line 7, which largely follows the R21 ring road, and tram line 10, which climbs from the Werkhuizenkaai (N201) via a long slope and joins the tracks on the bridge in both directions. Its name honours Van Praet, the district and street it serves.

The deck has a clearance of 5.8 m, the first fixed bridge on the Willebroek canal, so larger ships stop before it. Tram line 7 runs along the R21 over the bridge, while line 10 climbs from the Werkhuizenkaai (N201) and joins the tram tracks in both directions. The road deck is 30.55 m wide and the separate tram bridge 8.7 m.

The road bridge, built in 1956, is 83 m long and 30.55 m wide; the separate tram bridge, added in 1978, is 126 m long and 8.7 m wide. The tram deck is longer because the road bridge rests largely on an embankment. Its clearance of 5.8 m makes it the first non-lifting bridge on the Willebroek canal, so larger ships cannot pass beyond it.