Construction started in 1901 and, by the time it was opened to traffic in 1909, the Queensboro was the longest cantilever bridge in the country, according to the New York City Department of Transportation. The bridge today doesn't look quite like it did at first.
The meaning and origin of the expression: Walk the plank. Walk the plank. Meaning. A form of execution in which victims were forced to walk, often blindfold and with hands tied, off a plank of wood and into the sea. Origin.
Walking the plank. Walk the plank redirects here. For other uses, see Walk the Plank (disambiguation). Walking the plank was a method of execution thought to have been practiced on special occasion by pirates, mutineers, and other rogue seafarers.