Mystery missing part?

I was under the rear of my truck this evening and noticed something. On both the right and left side, there is a rusty metal piece hanging down that appears to be broken. I assume they used to connect together by something, but what? I have no idea what this is. The left side is solid, but the passenger side connects to a rubber hanger kind of like an exhaust pipe would connect to. I don't know if maybe at one point, before I bought the truck if it had dual exhaust? Just want to make sure nothing important is missing. Haven't heard anything fall off. The first pic is of the driver's side, second is passenger.