The bridge is rather windswept as there are no significant obstructing terrain features for some distance, particularly in the quadrant from south to west, a common wind direction. This can lead to issues for motorbikes, trucks and other high-sided vehicles in higher wind speeds, a common occurrence on this bridge. Previously wind warning lights were present at the bridge approaches to control traffic (Amber - bridge closed to motorbikes and high vehicles, Red - closed to all traffic), but the current practice now is to reduce speed limit to 40 km/h when the wind speed gets too high.