diff --git a/lib/handlers/router-entities/route-caching/dynamo-route-caching-provider.ts b/lib/handlers/router-entities/route-caching/dynamo-route-caching-provider.ts
index 7f6ddb0ebc..f5b584b61d 100644
--- a/lib/handlers/router-entities/route-caching/dynamo-route-caching-provider.ts
+++ b/lib/handlers/router-entities/route-caching/dynamo-route-caching-provider.ts
@@ -167,14 +167,24 @@ export class DynamoRouteCachingProvider extends IRouteCachingProvider {
   ): CachedRoutes {
     metric.putMetric(`RoutesDbEntriesFound`, result.Items!.length, MetricLoggerUnit.Count)
     const cachedRoutesArr: CachedRoutes[] = result.Items!.map((record) => {
-      // If we got a response with more than 1 item, we extract the binary field from the response
-      const itemBinary = record.item
-      // Then we convert it into a Buffer
-      const cachedRoutesBuffer = Buffer.from(itemBinary)
-      // We convert that buffer into string and parse as JSON (it was encoded as JSON when it was inserted into cache)
-      const cachedRoutesJson = JSON.parse(cachedRoutesBuffer.toString())
-      // Finally we unmarshal that JSON into a `CachedRoutes` object
-      return CachedRoutesMarshaller.unmarshal(cachedRoutesJson)
+      if (record.plainRoutes && record.plainRoutes?.toString().trim() !== '') {
+        metric.putMetric(`RoutesDbEntryPlainTextRouteFound`, 1, MetricLoggerUnit.Count)
+
+        const cachedRoutesJson = JSON.parse(record.plainRoutes)
+        return CachedRoutesMarshaller.unmarshal(cachedRoutesJson)
+      } else {
+        // Once this metric drops to zero, then we can stop writing binaryCachedRoutes into the item column
+        metric.putMetric(`RoutesDbEntrySerializedRouteFound`, 1, MetricLoggerUnit.Count)
+
+        // If we got a response with more than 1 item, we extract the binary field from the response
+        const itemBinary = record.item
+        // Then we convert it into a Buffer
+        const cachedRoutesBuffer = Buffer.from(itemBinary)
+        // We convert that buffer into string and parse as JSON (it was encoded as JSON when it was inserted into cache)
+        const cachedRoutesJson = JSON.parse(cachedRoutesBuffer.toString())
+        // Finally we unmarshal that JSON into a `CachedRoutes` object
+        return CachedRoutesMarshaller.unmarshal(cachedRoutesJson)
+      }
     })
 
     const routesMap: Map<string, CachedRoute<SupportedRoutes>> = new Map()
diff --git a/test/mocha/integ/handlers/router-entities/route-caching/dynamo-route-caching-provider.test.ts b/test/mocha/integ/handlers/router-entities/route-caching/dynamo-route-caching-provider.test.ts
index 8e2283ac81..6f11af5968 100644
--- a/test/mocha/integ/handlers/router-entities/route-caching/dynamo-route-caching-provider.test.ts
+++ b/test/mocha/integ/handlers/router-entities/route-caching/dynamo-route-caching-provider.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import chai, { expect } from 'chai'
 import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised'
 import 'reflect-metadata'
 import { setupTables } from '../../../../dbSetup'
-import { DynamoRouteCachingProvider } from '../../../../../../lib/handlers/router-entities/route-caching'
+import {
+  DynamoRouteCachingProvider,
+  PairTradeTypeChainId,
+} from '../../../../../../lib/handlers/router-entities/route-caching'
 import { ADDRESS_ZERO, Protocol } from '@uniswap/router-sdk'
 import { ChainId, CurrencyAmount, Ether, TradeType } from '@uniswap/sdk-core'
 import JSBI from 'jsbi'
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ import { V4Route } from '@uniswap/smart-order-router/build/main/routers'
 import { NEW_CACHED_ROUTES_ROLLOUT_PERCENT } from '../../../../../../lib/util/newCachedRoutesRolloutPercent'
 import sinon, { SinonSpy } from 'sinon'
 import { metric } from '@uniswap/smart-order-router/build/main/util/metric'
+import { DynamoDB } from 'aws-sdk'
 
 chai.use(chaiAsPromised)
 
@@ -175,6 +179,8 @@ describe('DynamoRouteCachingProvider', async () => {
 
   it('Cached routes hits new cached routes lambda', async () => {
     spy.withArgs('CachingQuoteForRoutesDbRequestSentToLambdanewcachinglambda', 1, MetricLoggerUnit.Count)
+    spy.withArgs('RoutesDbEntryPlainTextRouteFound', 1, MetricLoggerUnit.Count)
+    spy.withArgs('RoutesDbEntrySerializedRouteFound', 1, MetricLoggerUnit.Count)
 
     // testnet rolls out at 100%
     const newCachedRoutesRolloutPercent = NEW_CACHED_ROUTES_ROLLOUT_PERCENT[ChainId.SEPOLIA]
@@ -210,6 +216,62 @@ describe('DynamoRouteCachingProvider', async () => {
     )
     expect(route).to.not.be.undefined
 
+    const queryParams = {
+      TableName: DynamoDBTableProps.RoutesDbTable.Name,
+      KeyConditionExpression: '#pk = :pk',
+      ExpressionAttributeNames: {
+        '#pk': 'pairTradeTypeChainId',
+      },
+      ExpressionAttributeValues: {
+        ':pk': PairTradeTypeChainId.fromCachedRoutes(TEST_CACHED_ROUTES).toString(),
+      },
+    }
+    const cachedRoutes = await new DynamoDB.DocumentClient({
+      maxRetries: 1,
+      retryDelayOptions: {
+        base: 20,
+      },
+      httpOptions: {
+        timeout: 100,
+      },
+    })
+      .query(queryParams)
+      .promise()
+
+    cachedRoutes.Items?.forEach(async (item) => {
+      expect(item).to.not.be.undefined
+      // We nullify the plainRoutes column and update the Item in-place in the table,
+      // so that we make sure when we get cached routes again, we will hit the serialized route path.
+      item.plainRoutes = undefined
+
+      const putRequest = {
+        TableName: DynamoDBTableProps.RoutesDbTable.Name,
+        Item: item,
+      }
+
+      await new DynamoDB.DocumentClient({
+        maxRetries: 1,
+        retryDelayOptions: {
+          base: 20,
+        },
+        httpOptions: {
+          timeout: 100,
+        },
+      })
+        .put(putRequest)
+        .promise()
+    })
+
+    const updatedRoute = await dynamoRouteCache.getCachedRoute(
+      ChainId.MAINNET,
+      currencyAmount,
+      USDC_MAINNET,
+      TradeType.EXACT_INPUT,
+      [Protocol.V3],
+      TEST_CACHED_ROUTES.blockNumber
+    )
+    expect(updatedRoute).to.not.be.undefined
+
     sinon.assert.called(spy)
   })