Brian Tumulty and Theresa Juva-Brown

President Barack Obama plans to visit the Tappan Zee Bridge on Wednesday for a speech highlighting the need for congressional action on infrastructure spending, the White House announced Saturday.

Obama will use his visit to the site, where work is underway on pilings for a new bridge spanning the Hudson River, to highlight the urgency of replenishing the Highway Trust Fund. The administration predicts the fund will become insolvent by the end of the summer.

The White House plans several infrastructure-themed events in the coming week, starting with the release a report Monday to lay out its argument for infrastructure investment and the funding crisis if Congress fails to act.

On Wednesday, Obama will combine his Tappan Zee Bridge visit with a stop in Cleveland to look at another regionally significant commuter project — a new transit station.

Construction is in full swing to replace the 58-year-old Tappan Zee, a $3.9 billion project recently approved for a $1.6 billion federal loan. It's the largest loan ever awarded under the Transportation Infrastructure and Innovation Act (TIFIA).

But the administration is warning some projects could be halted, slowed or not undertaken in the coming months.

"We have reports that many states are already rethinking their investment plans due to the uncertainty," U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told a Senate committee last week.

The administration identified the Tappan Zee's replacement in 2011 as one of the nation's top infrastructure priorities. The project also became a key goal for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been lauded for reviving the decade-old plan to build a new 3-mile crossing. Major construction on the twin span began in October when crews started to install some 1,000 steel pipe pilings for the bridge's foundation.