Route (itinerary) is "le chemin" (masc.) in French. You may also sometimes hear "la route", but less frequently.
You say "la route de la soie" in French to refer to the Silk Road.
sur la route
a road is "une route" (feminine noun) in French. Ex: "on the road" from Jack Kerouac is titled "Sur la route".
un pour la route
Une route différente, Une autre route, Un itinéraire différent, Un autre chemin.
mon chemin jusqu'à l'école, la route de l'école
route mean road in french
The English word 'route' (borrowed from French) translates "chemin", "itinéraire", or "route" in French. (Est-ce que vous pouvez m'indiquer la route pour Bourges ? Could you show me the route for Bourges?)The French word "route" is most used in the sense of the English "road".
La route (ou la rue de La Salle)
Spanish: carretera French: route Japanese: 道路 (douro) German: Straße
The right(-handed) side of the road is "le côté droit de la route" in French. The right (as opposed to "wrong") side of the road is "le bon côté de la route".
Down the road is "en bas de la route" in French.