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 military road in between Fort William and Fort Augustus, as well as not from Telford's bridge of 1819 which lugs the A82 over the river at the heart of the village. Depending on the Great Glen, Spean Bridge has transportation links north towards Inverness and also south to Ft William, supplied by the A82, and also the A86 heads east to join the A9 at Kingussie. The town is offered by the Spean Bridge railway station offering links to Glasgow, London, and also Mallaig and in between 1903 as well as 1933 it used a branch line service to Fort Augustus. The Highbridge Skirmish on 16 August 1745 was the very first involvement of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The Commando Memorial, dedicated to the men of the original British Commando Forces increased during Second World War, lies approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Spean Bridge, at the joint of the A82 and also the B8004. It forgets the training areas of the Commando Training Depot developed in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle.