I also had the same problem intersecting a polyline feature with a route feature, but investigated a similar solution to yours. However, my "export" of the route feature used this article: How To: Remove Z- and/or M-values from a feature class (esri.com) . Additionally, I did not need to use the Repair Geometry tool.
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