Spean Bridge
Spean Bridge is a village in the parish of Kilmonivaig, in Lochaber in the Highland area of Scotland. The town takes its name from the Highbridge over the River Spean on General Wade's armed forces road in between Fort William as well as Ft Augustus, as well as not from Telford's bridge of 1819 which brings the A82 over the river at the heart of the town. Hing on the Great Glen, Spean Bridge has transportation links north towards Inverness as well as south to Ft William, provided by the A82, and also the A86 heads east to sign up with the A9 at Kingussie. The town is served by the Spean Bridge train station giving links to Glasgow, London, as well as Mallaig and in between 1903 and also 1933 it used a branch line solution to Ft Augustus. The Highbridge Skirmish on 16 August 1745 was the initial interaction of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The Commando Memorial, committed to the men of the original British Commando Forces elevated throughout 2nd World War, is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) north-west of Spean Bridge, at the joint of the A82 and the B8004. It ignores the training locations of the Commando Training Depot established in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle.