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 military road in between Fort William and also Ft Augustus, and 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 in the direction of Inverness and southern to Fort William, provided by the A82, and the A86 heads eastern to sign up with the A9 at Kingussie. The town is offered by the Spean Bridge railway station providing links to Glasgow, London, and also Mallaig and also in between 1903 and also 1933 it offered a branch line service to Ft Augustus. The Highbridge Skirmish on 16 August 1745 was the first involvement of the Jacobite Increasing of 1745. The Commando Memorial, devoted to the men of the initial British Commando Forces raised throughout 2nd World War, lies roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Spean Bridge, at the joint of the A82 and the B8004. It ignores the training areas of the Commando Training Depot established in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle.