Drive 44th Street through the intersection of Eastern Avenue on the southern border of Grand Rapids during the winter and you can say you've survived the slickest intersection in Kent County.
The intersection had the third-highest number of crashes in ice and snow in Michigan in 2016 - and had the most crashes in all of Michigan in those conditions throughout the last five years.
The crossing on the busy east-west 44th Street corridor that links the Gerald R. Ford International Airport to U.S. 131 is one of the first priorities to be cleared in the wintertime, according to public works officials.
In the past five years, the intersection has seen the most crashes in snow and ice than any other in Michigan. There were 68 crashes in those slick conditions from 2012 to 2016, according to Michigan State Police data.