The phrase "alter the route" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing changes to a planned path or course, often in the context of travel or navigation.
Example: "Due to the road closure, we need to alter the route to reach our destination on time."
Alternatives: "change the path" or "modify the course."
The Macy's representatives, the community leader said, cited a need to appease NBC, the broadcast licensee of the parade, as a reason to alter the route.
Officials did not say how long the extension would last, insisting the case taken up in the Nebraska supreme court could alter the route of the pipeline, with repercussions for a number of agencies.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon indicated Sunday that Israel might alter the route of its separation barrier in the West Bank, and acknowledged that the barrier had caused difficulties for ordinary Palestinians.
Such tampering can allow what's called 'double spending,' which essentially invalidates past transactions to alter the route of cryptocurrency transfers — a lot like stealing.
The company attempted to alter the route of the Bury branch, and also to extend it to Rawtenstall, but they did not receive Parliamentary approval for this.
In a public statement last week, Yaroslavsky said there is no "third way" and that any attempt to alter the route now could kill the project.
He made three solo tackles, two tackles for losses, and got penetration in the backfield a couple of other times to drastically alter the routes of the running backs.
Does the use of barbiturate anaesthesia alter the routes of efflux as well as reducing the rate (section 4.1.1)?
Furthermore, turmoil in international financial markets can affect the demand and supply of VC, alter the routes of capital flows across nations and financial intermediaries, and change allocation decisions between asset classes.
Justine Greening, the transport secretary, will soothe outlying critics in Parliament by altering the route.
Building a dike on porous limestone is like putting a fence on top of a tunnel: it alters the route of travel, but not necessarily the amount.
