Macy's Thanksgiving Parade route change

New York For the first time in its more than 80-year history, the parade route is bypassing Broadway as it heads south from the Upper West Side to Macy's flagship store in Herald Square.

Participants will be using a new route. It's one that uses the city's streets and avenues and includes turns around five different corners.

Physics professor Brian Schwartz says the demands of the new route will be more of challenge for the balloon handlers and the marching bands.

He says the physics of moving down the street are different than what's involved for turning a corner.

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