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.
Fig. to suffer punishment at the hand of someone. (Fig. on the image of pirates making their blindfolded captives die by walking off the end of a plank jutting out over the open sea.) Fred may think he can make the members of my department walk the plank, but we will fight back.Tom thought he could make John walk the plank, but John fought back.alk the plank. to have to leave your job After he was caught stealing from the company, the treasurer was forced to walk the plank. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of walk the plank (to punish someone who worked on a ship by forcing them to walk off the end of a narrow board into the sea).