This document discusses hazard mitigation and bridge design processes. It begins by defining hazard mitigation as any action taken to reduce risks from natural hazards or future disaster losses. The key steps of hazard mitigation are identified as hazard identification, vulnerability analysis, defining a mitigation strategy, and implementing projects. Bridge design considerations are then outlined, including types of bridges according to structure, materials, span length, position, function, and support connection. The document concludes by describing forces acting on bridges like live load, dead load, impact load, and how to calculate loads from wind, water currents, buoyancy, thermal expansion, and seismic activity.