File photo: DPAThe Local · 24 Aug 2016, 15:23Published: 24 Aug 2016 12:07 GMT+02:00Updated: 24 Aug 2016 15:23 GMT+02:00An €11 million bridge, which is nearing completion in northern Bavaria, is set to include technology never seen before on the German Autobahn. Experts will then be able to tell the state of the bridge according to the data they receive, with the aim of discovering damage before regular tests. The bridge in Nuremberg will be tested out as a five-year pilot project to determine whether it might also work in the rest of Germany, according to Nordbayern.de. Intelligent AutobahnThe new bridge is part of the "Digital Autobahn Test Field," a project which the government is developing along with Siemens. Before then though, project leaders hope it will reduce traffic jams and collisions.

Source: The Local August 24, 2016 13:30 UTC