A distributed optical fiber sensing (DFOS) system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store instructions thereon. The DFOS system includes a processor connected to the non-transitory computer readable medium. The processor is configured to receive DFOS data from a sensor connected to an optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber is adjacent a roadway having a bridge. The processor is further configured to filter the DFOS data based on a frequency range. The processor is further configured to generate a plurality of spread features, wherein each spread feature of the plurality of spread features corresponds to a channel of a plurality of channels of the filtered DFOS data. The processor is further configured to perform binarization of the plurality of spread features. The processor is further configured to identify a location of the bridge along the roadway based on results of the binarization of the plurality of spread features.