“Long winters.”
That’s how lifelong resident Tom Bieleski explains the 13 noted bridges of the world he’s replicated with tiny “timbers” and eighth-inch dowels.
An exhibit of 11 of his bridges – including models of such famous spans as Oregon’s Bridge of the Gods and Australia’s Sydney Harbor bridge – is featured at the Sheldon Museum through May 15.
Bieleski, who has worked as a builder, bartender and fisherman in Haines, said the bridge-building itch…