Whirlpool, a Benton Harbor manufacturer of major home appliances Wolverine World Wide/Hush Puppies, a Rockford shoe maker X-Rite, a Grand Rapids manufacturer of color matching products Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, in Grand Rapids Transportation Major airports Gerald R. Ford International Airport Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport Muskegon County Airport Railways Coopersville and Marne Railway CSX Grand Trunk Western Railway, subsidiary of Canadian National Railway. Grand Elk Railroad Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad Michigan Shore Railroad Michigan Southern Railroad Norfolk Southern Railway West Michigan Railroad Amtrak operates its Pere Marquette service in West Michigan, with daily service between Grand Rapids and Chicago. Major roads Interstate highways , running from Muskegon to Detroit , splitting from I-96 in Grand Rapids and going west-southwest and merging with US 31 near Holland before intersecting I-94 near Benton Harbor , running from Billings, Montana, to Port Huron, Michigan US highways Michigan Avenue and Chicago Road , running from Mackinaw City, Michigan, to Mobile, Alabama , running from north of Middlebury, Indiana, to Petoskey, Michigan Grand River Avenue, running from Grand Rapids to Detroit The S-Curve, a famously crooked stretch of US 131 in downtown Grand Rapids Michigan highways , also known as the South Beltline, bypasses Grand Rapids connecting to I-96 east of town and I-196 west of town , running from the southwest corner of Battle Creek at exit 92 on I-94 to the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand Traverse County. , a highway in southwestern and central Michigan from South Haven to Webberville (Lake Michigan Drive), running east–west from Grand Rapids through Allendale and ending at Lake Michigan. , a cross-peninsular road, running across the entire mitten of the Lower Peninsula including the Thumb, from Port Sanilac on the Lake Huron shore, through Saginaw near Saginaw Bay, and on to Muskegon on the Lake Michigan shore. running North and South from Mottville, Michigan, to Holland, Michigan. Other Eastern port of the Lake Express High Speed Car Ferry; Muskegon The SS Badger in Ludington The West Michigan Tourist Association promotes the region from a tourism standpoint Notable residents or former residents More comprehensive lists are available at individual cities, villages, etc. Justin Abdelkader, Detroit Red Wings forward Gillian Anderson, actress Jim Bakker, television evangelist Johnny Benson, stock car driver Dan Bylsma, NHL hockey coach Roger B. Chaffee, NASA astronaut Kirk Cousins, quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings Terry Crews, actor Betsy DeVos,