 There are many myths regarding the construction of the Faidherbe Bridge which are present even today and are depicted in some tourist guides . The construction of the bridge is attributed to Gustave Eiffel . In general it says that the metallic parts of the bridge represents a gift from the French government and that the parts were originally designed for the King Carol I Bridge over the Danube River in Romania . Other sources say that the metallic parts were intended for a bridge in Austria – Hungary over the Danube River in Vienna or Budapest . Finally another myth regarding the beams of the bridge says that the parts were intended for an unspecified site but the vessel transporting mysteriously sunk and the authorities in Senegal took advantage of this situation and built a local bridge . 
