MADISON, Wis. (SPECTRUM NEWS) – The Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial in Kewaskum likely won't open until September 2020, but new legislation could help bring more people to Washington County once construction is finished.

Two state lawmakers want to help put the memorial on the map, literally.

State Sen. Duey Stroebel (R-Saukville) and State Rep. Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport) announced their proposal Wednesday morning.

LRB-3943/1 would designate a stretch of State Highway 28 from its intersection with I-41 in Dodge County to its intersection with State Highway 144 in Washington County as the "Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial Highway.”

Lawmakers picked the stretch of highway because it is accessible to 50 percent of the Wisconsin population within two hours.

“Along with this designation, this bill will allow for signs to be erected, which label the highway as such, along with permanently identifying the memorial's location on state highway maps,” Rep. Ramthun said.

The lawmakers made the announcement surrounded by family and friends of Andrea Lyn Haberman who was on the 92nd floor of the World Trade Center North Tower when it collapsed on 9/11.

Haberman grew up in Farmington and graduated from Kewaskum High School.

Andrea's father, Gordon Haberman, is the president of the volunteer memorial organizing committee Kewaskum Remembers, which is working to build a 9/11 memorial for Wisconsin.

Gordon says the memorial goes beyond honoring just his daughter.

“It is not a memorial to one victim nor a memorial meant to serve only one community,” Gordon Haberman said. “It will stand as a regional memorial to a definitive event in America's history. An event which was felt in every community in our state.”

At least five victims of the 9/11 attacks were from Wisconsin; Andrea Haberman from Kewaskum, Lt. Col. Dennis Johnson from Port Edwards, Lt. Col. Dean Mattson from Luck, Ramzi Doany from Milwaukee, and Scott Johnson from the Racine/Kenosha area.

“I am very proud of the constituents from Washington County, and from Kewaskum in particular, who took it upon themselves to head the initiative to drive such a project like this that is no small undertaking whatsoever,” Sen. Stroebel said.

The legislation to create a memorial highway now needs co-sponsors.

Lawmakers hope the proposal can make it through the committee process and reach the floor when the Assembly meets in October.