DEFINED ASSET FUNDS MUNICIPAL INVT TR FD INTERM TERM SER 245
S-6EL24, 1994-11-22
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  AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 22, 1994
					REGISTRATION NO. 33-
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		      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

			   WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
			       _______________

				   FORM S-6
			       _______________

		  FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
		   OF 1933 OF SECURITIES OF UNIT INVESTMENT
		       TRUSTS REGISTERED ON FORM N-8B-2
			       _______________

A.  EXACT NAME OF TRUST:

		       MUNICIPAL INVESTMENT TRUST FUND
			INTERMEDIATE TERM SERIES-245
			     DEFINED ASSET FUNDS
			  (A UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST)

B.  NAMES OF DEPOSITORS:

	      MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
			       SMITH BARNEY INC.
			   PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
		      PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
			  DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.

C.  COMPLETE ADDRESSES OF DEPOSITORS' PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES:

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH                SMITH BARNEY INC.
	   INCORPORATED                           TWO WORLD TRADE CENTER
	  P.O. BOX 9051                               101ST FLOOR
    PRINCETON, N.J. 08543-9051                     NEW YORK, N.Y. 10048


 PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED     PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES      DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS
1285 AVE. OF THE AMERICAS         INCORPORATED                   INC.
   NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019        ONE SEAPORT PLAZA      TWO WORLD TRADE CENTER--
				199 WATER STREET             59TH FLOOR
			      NEW YORK, N.Y.  10292     NEW YORK, N.Y. 10048


D.  NAMES AND COMPLETE ADDRESSES OF AGENTS FOR SERVICE:

   TERESA KONCICK, ESQ.       THOMAS D. HARMAN, ESQ.       LEE B. SPENCER, JR.
       P.O BOX 9051            388 GREENWICH STREET         ONE SEAPORT PLAZA
PRINCETON, N.J. 08543-9051     NEW YORK, N.Y. 10013         199 WATER STREET
							  NEW YORK, N.Y. 10292

							   COPIES TO
 DOUGLAS LOWE, ESQ.        ROBERT E. HOLLEY       PIERRE DE SAINT PHALLE, ESQ.
 130 LIBERTY STREET--      1200 HARBOR BLVD.          450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
    29TH FLOOR           WEEHAWKEN, N.J. 07087        NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017
NEW YORK, N. Y. 10006


E.  TITLE AND AMOUNT OF SECURITIES BEING REGISTERED:

 An indefinite number of Units of Beneficial Interest pursuant to Rule 24f-2
      promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

F.  PROPOSED MAXIMUM OFFERING PRICE TO THE  PUBLIC  OF  THE  SECURITIES  BEING
    REGISTERED:

				  Indefinite

G.  AMOUNT OF FILING FEE:

		       $500 (as required by Rule 24f-2)

H.  APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:

 As soon as practicable after the acquisition and deposit  of  the  underlying
obligations.

THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 8(A)  OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING
PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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	   SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, PROSPECTUS DATED NOVEMBER 22, 1994



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					       MUNICIPAL INVESTMENT TRUST FUND
						  INTERMEDIATE TERM SERIES-245
							   DEFINED ASSET FUNDS
20,000 UNITS                                         (A UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST)
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     A final prospectus for a prior Intermediate Term Series of Municipal
Investment Trust Fund, Defined Asset Funds is hereby incorporated by
reference and used as a preliminary prospectus for this Intermediate Term
Series.  The narrative information and structure of the final prospectus
for this Series will be substantially the same as that of the previous
prospectus except that the range of maturities of the securities may be
different from that of the securities in the previous Series and that the
sales charge may be lower or higher than that of the previous Series.
Information with respect to pricing, the number of units, dates and summary
information regarding the characteristics of securities to be deposited in
this Series is not now available and will be different from that shown
since each Series has a unique Portfolio.  Accordingly, the information
contained herein with regard to the previous Series should be considered as
being included for informational purposes only.  The estimated current
return and long-term return for this Series will depend on the interest
rates and offering side evaluation of the securities in the Series and may
vary materially from that of the previous Series.  Investors should contact
account executives of the underwriters who will be informed of the expected
effective date of this Series and who will be supplied with complete
information with respect to such Series on the day of and immediately prior
to the effectiveness of the registration statement relating to Units of
this Series.


     INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT.  A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.  THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR
MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
BECOMES EFFECTIVE.  THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL
OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE
SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY SUCH STATE.



				   PART II

	    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROSPECTUS

     A.  The following information relating to the Depositors is
incorporated by reference to the SEC filings indicated and made a part of
this Registration Statement.
							      SEC FILE OR
							    IDENTIFICATION NO.
							   __________________

I.  Bonding Arrangements and Date of Organization of the Depositors filed
    pursuant to Items A and B of Part II of the Registration Statement on
    Form S-6 under the Securities Act of 1933:

	 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated       2-52691
	 Prudential Securities Incorporated                       2-61418
	 Smith Barney Inc.                                       33-29106
	 Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.                                2-60599
	 PaineWebber Incorporated                                 2-87965

II. Information as to Officers and Directors of the Depositors filed
    pursuant to Schedules A and D of Form BD under Rules 15b1-1 and 15b3-1
    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

	 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated        8-7221
	 Prudential Securities Incorporated                       8-12321
	 Smith Barney Inc.                                         8-8177
	 Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.                                8-14172
	 PaineWebber Incorporated                                 8-16267


III. Charter documents of the Depositors filed as Exhibits to the
     Registration Statement on Form S-6 under the Securities Act of 1933
     (Charter, By-Laws):

	 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
	   Incorporated                                  2-73866, 2-77549
	 Prudential Securities Incorporated              2-86941, 2-86941
	 Smith Barney Inc.                                       33-20499
	 Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.                       2-60599, 2-86941
	 PaineWebber Incorporated                        2-87965, 2-87965

     B.  The Internal Revenue Service Employer Identification Numbers of
the Sponsors and Trustee are as follows:
.\"the Sponsors and Co-Trustees are as follows:

	 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated    13-5674085
	 Prudential Securities Incorporated                    13-6134767
	 Smith Barney Inc.                                     13-1912900
	 Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.                             94-1671384
	 PaineWebber Incorporated                              13-2638166


				     II-1



Supplemented final prospectuses from the following Series of Municipal
Investment Trust Fund, Defined Asset Funds (all of which are incorporated
herein by reference) may be used as preliminary prospectuses for this
Series: Intermediate Term Series - 237 (Reg. No. 33-53657); Intermediate
Term Series - 238 (Reg. No. 33-55073); Intermediate Term Series - 239
(Reg. No. 33-55335); Intermediate Term Series - 240 (Reg. No. 33-55465);
Intermediate Term Series - 241 (Reg. No. 33-55643); Intermediate Term
Series - 242 (Reg. No. 33-55901).


	  CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-6 COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING PAPERS AND
DOCUMENTS:

 The facing sheet of Form S-6.
 The Cross-Reference Sheet (incorporated by reference to the Cross-
  Reference Sheet to the Registration Statement of Municipal Investment
  Trust Fund, Forty-Fourth Intermediate Term Series, 1933 Act File No.
  2-88251).
 The Prospectus.
 Additional Information not included in the Prospectus (Part II).
 *Consent of independent public accountants.

 The following exhibits:

   1.1    -- Form of Trust Indenture (incorporated by reference
	  to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registration Statement of
	  Municipal Investment Trust Fund, Intermediate Term
	  Series-217, Defined Asset Funds, 1933 Act File No. 33-
	  50343).

   1.1.1   -- Form of Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust Effective
	  October 21, 1993 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
	  1.1.1 to the Registration Statement of Municipal
	  Investment Trust Fund, Multistate Series-48, Defined
	  Asset Funds, 1933 Act File No. 33-50247).

   1.2    -- Form of Master Agreement Among Underwriters (incorporated
	  by reference to Exhibit 1.2 to the Registration
	  Statement of The Corporate Income Fund, One Hundred
	  Ninety-Fourth Monthly Payment Series, 1933 Act File No.
	  2-90925).

   2.1    -- Form of Certificate of Beneficial Interest (included in
	  Exhibit 1.1.1).

   *3.1    -- Opinion of counsel as to the legality of the securities
	  being issued including their consent to the use of
	  their names under the headings "Taxes" and
	  "Miscellaneous-Legal Opinion" in the Prospectus.

   *4.1    -- Consent of the Evaluator

   5.1     -- Form of Bond Purchase Agreement used for purchases from
	  issuers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 5.1 to
	  the Registration Statement of Municipal Investment
	  Trust Fund, Fifty-Fifth Intermediate Term Series, 1933
	  Act File No. 2-94809).

   5.2.1   -- Form of Purchase Agreement for purchases in secondary
	  market with letter of credit backing (incorporated by
	  reference to Exhibit 5.21 to the Registration Statement
	  of Municipal Investment Trust Fund, Fifty-Fifth
	  Intermediate Term Series, 1933 Act File No. 2-94809).

   5.2.2   -- Form of Purchase Agreement for purchases in secondary
	  market with guarantees (incorporated by reference to
	  Exhibit 5.22 to the Registration Statement of Municipal
	  Investment Trust Fund, Fifty-Fifth Intermediate Term
	  Series, 1933 Act File No. 2-94809).

   5.2.3   -- Form of Purchase Agreement for purchases in secondary
	  market with collateralized backing (incorporated by
	  reference to Exhibit 5.23 to the Registration Statement
	  of Municipal Investment Trust Fund, Fifty-Fifth
	  Intermediate Term Series, 1933 Act File No. 2-94809).

   6.1     -- Form of Collateral Agreement (incorporated by reference
	  to Exhibit 6.1 to the Registration Statement of Municipal
	  Investment Trust Fund, Fifty-Fifth Intermediate Term
	  Series, 1933 Act File No. 2-94809).

    24     -- Powers of Attorney


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 * To be filed with Amendment to Registration Statement.


		   R-1


		 SIGNATURES

   PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE
REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AMENDMENT TO THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED
THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND STATE OF NEW YORK ON
THE 22ND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1994.


      Signatures appear on pages R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6 and R-7.

   A majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated has signed this Registration Statement
or Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Powers of Attorney
authorizing the person signing this Registration Statement or Amendment to
the Registration Statement to do so on behalf of such members.

   A majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Prudential
Securities Incorporated has signed this Registration Statement or Amendment
to the Registration Statement pursuant to Powers of Attorney authorizing
the person signing this Registration Statement or Amendment to the
Registration Statement to do so on behalf of such members.

   A majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Smith Barney
Inc. has signed this Registration Statement or Amendment to the
Registration Statement pursuant to Powers of Attorney authorizing the
person signing this Registration Statement or Amendment to the Registration
Statement to do so on behalf of such members.

   A majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Dean Witter
Reynolds Inc. has signed this Registration Statement or Amendment to the
Registration Statement pursuant to Powers of Attorney authorizing the
person signing this Registration Statement or Amendment to the Registration
Statement to do so on behalf of such members.

   A majority of the members of the Executive Committee of the Board of
Directors of PaineWebber Incorporated has signed this Registration
Statement or Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Powers of
Attorney authorizing the person signing this Registration Statement or
Amendment to the Registration to do so on behalf of such members.


		   R-2


MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
	DEPOSITOR


By the following persons, who constitute a    Powers of Attorney have been
  majority of the Board of Directors of     filed under Form SE and
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith     the following 1933 Act
  Incorporated:                 File Number: 33-43466

    HERBERT M. ALLISON, JR.
    BARRY S. FRIEDBERG
    EDWARD L. GOLDBERG
    STEPHEN L. HAMMERMAN
    JEROME P. KENNEY
    DAVID H. KOMANSKY
    DANIEL T. NAPOLI
    THOMAS H. PATRICK
    JOHN L. STEFFENS
    DANIEL P. TULLY
    ROGER M. VASEY
    ARTHUR H. ZEIKEL








    By ERNEST V. FABIO
     (As authorized signatory for
     Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
     and Attorney-in-fact for the persons listed above)


		   R-3


  PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
     DEPOSITOR


  By the following persons,        Powers of Attorney have been
   who constitute a majority of      filed under Form SE and
   the Executive Committee of       the following 1933 Act
   the Board of Directors of        File Number: 33-41631
   Prudential Securities Incorporated:


    JAMES T. GAHAN
    ALAN D. HOGAN
    HOWARD A. KNIGHT
    GEORGE A. MURRAY
    LELAND B. PATON
    HARDWICK SIMMONS




    By RICHARD R. HOFFMANN
     (As authorized signatory for
     Prudential Securities Incorporated
     and Attorney-in-fact for the persons listed above)


		   R-4


  SMITH BARNEY INC.
   DEPOSITOR


  By the following persons,        Powers of Attorney have
   who constitute a majority of       been filed under the
   the Board of Directors of        1933 Act File
   Smith Barney Inc.:            Numbers: 33-49753
			and 33-51607

    STEVEN D. BLACK
    JAMES BOSHART III
    ROBERT A. CASE
    JAMES DIMON
    ROBERT DRUSKIN
    ROBERT F. GREENHILL
    JEFFREY LANE
    ROBERT H. LESSIN
    JACK L. RIVKIN


    By GINA LEMON
     (As authorized signatory for
     Smith Barney Inc. and
     Attorney-in-fact for the persons listed above)


		   R-5


  DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
     DEPOSITOR



  By the following persons,     Powers of Attorney have been
   who constitute a majority of   filed under Form SE and
   the Board of Directors of    the following 1933 Act
   Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.:    File Number: 33-17085

     NANCY DONOVAN
     CHARLES A. FIUMEFREDDO
     JAMES F. HIGGINS
     STEPHEN R. MILLER
     PHILIP J. PURCELL
     THOMAS C. SCHNEIDER
     WILLIAM B. SMITH




     By MICHAEL D. BROWNE
       (As authorized signatory for
       Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. and
       Attorney-in-fact for the persons listed above)


		   R-6


  PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
   DEPOSITOR



  By the following persons, who        Powers of Attorney have
   constitute a majority of the        been filed under
   Executive Committee of the         Form SE and the
   Board of Directors of            following 1933 Act
   PaineWebber Incorporated:          File Number: 33-55073

       PAUL B. GUENTHER
       DONALD B. MARRON
       JOSEPH J. GRANO, JR.
       LEE FENSTERSTOCK

       By ROBERT E. HOLLEY
	 (As authorized signatory for
	 PaineWebber Incorporated and
	 Attorney-in-fact for the persons listed above)


		   R-7



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