Chaussee
![The chaussee over the Sankt Gotthard was built in 1827–1830](/Images/godic/202501/04/Gotthard_alte_Strasse3446.jpg")
Chaussee is an historic term used in German-speaking countries for early, metalled, rural highways, designed by road engineers, as opposed to the hitherto, traditional, unpaved country roads. The term is no longer used in modern road construction, but survives in road names and is used by historians.