Spean Bridge
Spean Bridge is a village in the parish of Kilmonivaig, in Lochaber in the Highland area of Scotland. The village takes its name from the Highbridge over the River Spean on General Wade's military road in between Fort William and also Fort Augustus, as well as not from Telford's bridge of 1819 which carries the A82 over the river at the heart of the village. Depending on the Great Glen, Spean Bridge has transport links north in the direction of Inverness as well as south to Fort William, given by the A82, as well as the A86 heads eastern to join the A9 at Kingussie. The village is offered by the Spean Bridge railway station offering links to Glasgow, London, and Mallaig and between 1903 and 1933 it provided a branch line solution to Ft Augustus. The Highbridge Skirmish on 16 August 1745 was the initial involvement of the Jacobite Increasing of 1745. The Commando Memorial, dedicated to the men of the initial British Task force Forces elevated throughout 2nd World War, lies roughly 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) north-west of Spean Bridge, at the junction of the A82 as well as the B8004. It ignores the training locations of the Commando Training Depot developed in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle.
