Spean Bridge
Spean Bridge is a town 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 army road in between Fort William as well as Fort Augustus, and not from Telford's bridge of 1819 which carries the A82 over the river at the heart of the town. Hing on the Great Glen, Spean Bridge has transport links north towards Inverness and south to Fort William, offered by the A82, and the A86 heads eastern to join the A9 at Kingussie. The town is offered by the Spean Bridge train station supplying links to Glasgow, London, and Mallaig as well as in between 1903 and also 1933 it offered a branch line solution to Fort Augustus. The Highbridge Skirmish on 16 August 1745 was the very first involvement of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The Commando Memorial, committed to the men of the initial British Commando Forces increased throughout Second World War, lies roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Spean Bridge, at the joint of the A82 and the B8004. It neglects the training areas of the Commando Training Depot developed in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle.