The state Senate has approved a resolution renaming the section of the 405 Freeway between Redondo Beach Boulevard and Western Avenue the Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway after the 1936 Torrance Olympian and World War II hero.

The bipartisan effort was spearheaded by South Bay Republican Assemblyman David Hadley.

“By renaming a portion of Interstate 405 in his honor, thousands of Californians will now be reminded of the amazing life of Louis Zamperini as they travel through Torrance,” Hadley said in a statement.

Zamperini’s life, which included spending years as an abused prisoner of war when he was captured by the Japanese, was immortalized in the New York Times bestseller and box office hit “Unbroken.”

The concurrent resolution already had been passed by the Assembly.