A state Department of Transportation report on the potential remake of I-787 and the Dunn Memorial Bridge offers five options.

Gov. Kathy Hochul, right, and DOT Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez, left, hold a meeting at Jennings Landing by the Hudson River to review conceptual plans for a redesign of the I-787 Albany corridor on Aug. 5, in Albany.

Gov. Kathy Hochul, left, reviews conceptual plans for a redesign of the I-787 Albany corridor with DOT Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez, center, on Aug. 5, during a news conference in Albany.

Gov. Kathy Hochul, left, and DOT Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez, right, hold a meeting at Jennings Landing by the Hudson River to review conceptual plans for a redesign of the I-787 Albany corridor on Aug. 5, in Albany.

Traffic heads along I-787 by the Hudson River looking south on Aug. 5, in Albany.

Traffic moves along I-787 past the SUNY Building on Aug. 5, in Albany.

When I feel pessimistic about whether Interstate 787 will ever be remade, at least during my lifetime, I try to remind myself how far we’ve come.

Even a decade ago, the idea of ditching and replacing the elevated, waterside highway was novel, if not kooky. It was a concept embraced by a goofball columnist and some tree huggers, but not by practical, realistic people. It was a pipe dream.

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