Spean Bridge
Spean Bridge is a village in the parish of Kilmonivaig, in Lochaber in the Highland region of Scotland. The town takes its name from the Highbridge over the River Spean on General Wade's army road between Ft William and Fort Augustus, as well as not from Telford's bridge of 1819 which carries the A82 over the river at the heart of the town. Depending on the Great Glen, Spean Bridge has transport links north towards Inverness as well as south to Ft William, supplied by the A82, and also the A86 heads east to sign up with the A9 at Kingussie. The village is served by the Spean Bridge railway station providing links to Glasgow, London, and also Mallaig as well as between 1903 and 1933 it provided a branch line service to Fort Augustus. The Highbridge Altercation on 16 August 1745 was the first engagement of the Jacobite Climbing of 1745. The Commando Memorial, committed to the men of the initial British Task force Forces raised during 2nd World War, lies roughly 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) north-west of Spean Bridge, at the junction of the A82 and also the B8004. It ignores the training areas of the Commando Training Depot established in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle.
