The bridge, whose maintenance is the responsibility of North Yorkshire County Council, had a weight limit of until 2017, when extra strengthening work was undertaken raising the weight limit to . CCTV cameras are installed to monitor traffic not adhering to the weight limit or red lights, and to allow officials to see traffic in both directions. It is the policy of the county council to prosecute any overweight vehicle, or vehicle jumping the red lights, caught on CCTV. Previous fines have been as much as £900. Crossing vehicles used to be charged a toll, but this system was scrapped in 1882, when the North Riding County Council bought the bridge.
